Little Receipts Vol. 4 — Yum! Stories from Our Kitchens and Gardens (Kid-Friendly Edition — Interactive Edition)

George Washington Carver finds use after use for peanuts and sweet potatoes, so tired soil and tired farms get a second chance — and no, he did not invent peanut butter; this book will show you what he really did, which is plenty. Edna Lewis cooks by the seasons, the way her family taught her in Freetown. Church kitchens bake and fry to pay for schoolbooks and bus rides. Augustus Jackson becomes known for ice cream — told carefully, because only a little about him was written down. Gardens behind the house keep seeds that traveled far. And Leah Chase feeds a whole city — and a movement — one pot of gumbo at a time.

Inside the Interactive Edition (KID-FRIENDLY EDITION, 4,704 words): the complete book — all 6 chapters, written for reading aloud, one big idea per chapter; recorded narration by Marcus — 23.59 minutes; picture cues on every spread — scenes and objects, never invented portraits of real people; every chapter ends with The Receipt; a chronological timeline; a 10-question educator quiz drawn strictly from the text. For educators: a TEKS correlation sheet for this volume is available with the Little Receipts Educator materials — mapped against the adopted Texas standards, claiming only what the sheet claims. These materials make classrooms eligible, not district-adopted.

The chapters:

George Washington Carver and the Wonderful Peanut

Edna Lewis Cooks the Seasons

The Peach Cobbler Fundraiser: Church Kitchens That Built Things

Augustus Jackson and Ice Cream fit for a President's Table

Gardens Behind the House: Okra, Greens, and Seeds That Traveled

Leah Chase, the Queen of Creole Cooking, Feeds a Movement

Little Receipts is the first series from The Digital Black Voice written for young readers first — the receipts are still real, built chapter by chapter from a research dossier of checkable facts. Big history. Little readers. All receipts.