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The story of peanut butter

it starts with peanuts
2021
Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to how a peanut becomes creamy peanut butter.

The peanut pickle

a story about peanut allergy
2004
Presents a children's story that focuses on allergies to peanuts and offers suggestions on reading ingredients on labels, turning down certain foods, and other important details connected to peanut allergies.

George Washington Carver

more than "the peanut man"
2023
"George Washington Carver didn't invent peanut butter--but, he did make it popular! In addition, he found more than 300 other uses for peanuts, including candy, soap, and even medicine. His humble roots as an enslaved person didn't stop him from becoming a successful agricultural researcher and teacher, introducing crop rotation to the American South and saving the Southern economy when the boll weevil decimated cotton crops. This volume highlights the invention of peanut products in the context of Carver's extraordinary life for young readers"--Provided by publisher.

Let's explore peanut butter!

Provides information about the characteristics of peanut butter, explaining how peanuts are grown and harvested and how peanut butter is made. Includes a list of resources, a recipe with a QR code, and an activity.

Planting peanuts

2021
"Ana & Andrew get to start a backyard garden! They go along to the nursery to pick up peanut seedlings. While they're planting Mama and Papa tell them about one of the first African American botanists, George Washington Carver"--Back cover.

From peanut to peanut butter

Briefly introduces the process by which peanut butter is made from peanuts.
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The peanut

a nutty tale about sharing
2013
Two spiders learn about sharing while playing with a peanut.
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Peanut Butter's tasty opposites BB

2016
Peanut Butter teaches about opposites with photographs of his food friends.
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George Washington Carver

Briefly presents, in graphic novel format, the life and inventions and innovations of agriculturist and educator George Washington Carver.
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Peanuts

Presents facts about the peanut, including where and how it is grown, harvested, and marketed, and what other products are made from peanuts.

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