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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2012-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780807524527
Lexile
AD690
Themes
gardening
presidential history
friendship
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First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden

Written by Susan Grigsby and Illustrated by Nicole Tadgell
This story connects Thomas Jefferson’s garden pea contest to a gardening contest in a classroom 200 years later. A fun story about classmates and their competitive nuances intermingled with scientific and historical information.

This book is part of the Read for Success collection. To learn more about Read for Success, click here.

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Age Range
5 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2012-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Grade Level
1st - 4th
ISBN
9780807524527
Lexile
AD690
Themes
gardening
presidential history
friendship
STEM
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