An introduction for young readers to the African-American scientist George Washington Carver, whose research in the late 1800s produced agricultural innovations and applications for the peanut.
Simple text and illustrations depict the four seasons of the year and the various elements that accompany each, such as warm weather, leaves that change color, wind, and snow.
Photographs and simple text follow the development of a grasshopper from an egg to a nymph to a full grown insect; and includes facts about grasshoppers.