Another cool list! Thank you for the Year-End smiles, Elizabeth Bird! School Library Journal/Fuse #8’s Favorite 2020 Non-Fiction Picture Books included, “The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver!” Thank you, Thank for letting me know, Melissa Stewart!
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Thank you, Elizabeth Bird! My book, “The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver” is included in School Library Journal/Fuse #8’s 2020 Unique Biographies! Thank for letting me know, Melissa Stewart!
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So cool! Both my Muhammad Ali and George Washington Carver books are on this wonderful list! Thank you for letting me know, Adrienne Wright! And thank you, Book Riot!

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OBRIGADO, Ana Luisa Branco and everyone at Colégio Bandeirantes! Today I had so much fun giving a Zoom school assembly to 200 kids in São Paulo, BRAZIL!

My book, The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver is mentioned in this School Library Journal article on Black scientists, inventors, and thinkers.
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The Secret Garden of George Washington Carver” included in SLJ article, “#BlackinSTEM: 17 Nonfiction Books That Spotlight Black Scientists, Thinkers, and Inventors.”

Here’s a fun conversation for #nErDCampNJ I had with wonderful authors, Oona Craig Abrams, Laurie Wallmark, and Andrea J. Loney.
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Thank you School Library Journal for the Starred Review:
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George Washington Carver is best known as an agricultural expert who discovered versatile uses for the peanut. This story focuses on his first garden. Hidden beneath the trees where no one could tease or belittle him, Carver studied nature and the “more he experimented, the more he learned.” The narrative starts in 1921 with Carver addressing Congress on the importance of the peanut and impressing an audience of white men at a time when “African-Americans were…treated as second-class citizens.” Readers are then transported back to 1874, to the Missouri farm where Carver was born into slavery, and then to the end of slavery and the planting of his first garden. The narrative then focuses on Carver’s determined search for education and finally his work as a teacher at the Tuskegee Institute. The beautiful oil on board illustrations show the wonder of young Carver as he contemplates the petals on a flower or the first green sprouts of spring. Barretta’s prose, combined with Morrison’s art, fully illuminates the depth of Carter’s considerable contributions to the science of agriculture, the farming community, and racial equality. Back matter includes a time line of Carver’s life, a ¬bibliography, and suggestions for further ¬reading. VERDICT A well-thought-out biography that highlights a different side of Carver and will be a first purchase for school and ¬public library collections.
–¬Suzanne Costner, ¬Fairview Elementary School, Maryville, TN