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First Peas to the Table: How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden
First Peas to the Table How Thomas Jefferson Inspired a School Garden Author:Susan Grigsby, Nicole Tadgell (Illustrator) Maya loves contests, so she is excited when her teacher announces they will plant a school garden like Thomas Jefferson's garden at Monticello--and they'll have a "First Peas to the Table" contest, just like Jefferson and his neighbors had each spring. Maya plants her pea seeds with a secret head start--found in Jefferson's... more » Garden Book--and keeps careful notes in her garden journal. But her friend Shakayla has plans of her own for the contest...
Susan Grigsby's light-hearted classroom story also presents scientific and historical information. Nicole Tadgell's watercolors add both appeal and botanical accuracy.« less