Pocketful of Goobers, A

by Barbara Mitchell  |  Grades: 3-5  |  Lexile 740  |  Reading Level 5.0

There wasn't anything that George Washington Carver couldn't grow. He took the common goober--today's peanut--and created hundreds of useful products from it, turning goobers into a very profitable staple for the South. At the same time, this very special man passed on to everyone who knew him the importance of following one's own dreams.

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