# Little Naturalists: George Washington Carver Loved Plants - Board Book

by **Kate Coombs** (Author), **Seth Lucas** (Illustrator)

**Introduce your brilliant baby to agricultural scientist, inventor, and environmentalist George Washington Carver.**

George Washington Carver was born the son of a slave near the end of the Civil War. When he was a baby, he and his mother were kidnapped by raiders. His mother was never found, but he was brought home. His mother's owners became his foster parents, raising him and his older brother. As he grew, George worked many jobs and tried many schools to learn everything he could, eventually earning bachelor's and master's degrees in agriculture at Iowa State Agricultural College. Then Booker T. Washington asked him to come teach at the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, an all-black college. George taught and researched there for many years, also creating educational outreach programs to help poor farmers use the land more productively to both take care of the earth and feed people. He is best known for his work with peanuts.

Kate Coombs' engaging narrative and Seth Lucas' captivating art teach young readers about this incredible inventor and environmentalist, encouraging little naturalists to **Be Kind** and **Be Adventurous.**

### Author Biography

**Kate Coombs** is an award-winning author of original fairy tales, poems, middle-grade fantasy novels, and picture books, including the critically acclaimed _Water Sings Blue_, which won the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award for 2012, and many books in the bestselling BabyLit series. She lives in Bountiful, Utah.

**Seth Lucas** is an illustrator and designer with a BFA in graphic design. He is the cocreator of Ello There Outdoors selling prints and accessories supporting the National Parks and outdoors. He lives in Indianapolis, IN, with his wife and children.

**Number of Pages:** 22

**Dimensions:** 0.63 x 6.85 x 6.85 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** August 24, 2021

## Details

- **Price:** 9.99 USD
- **Vendor:** Books by splitShops
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective

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