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9781426322853 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 12, 2016, cover price $3.99

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9781426322860 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, January 12, 2016, cover price $13.90

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By Jim Gigliotti and Stephen Marchesi (illustrator)

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9780448483122 | Grosset & Dunlap, December 29, 2015, cover price $5.99

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9780606375610 | Reprint edition (Turtleback Books, December 29, 2015), cover price $16.00

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Illustrated with historical artifacts and photographs, a fresh look at a pioneering American innovator traces Carver's life, discoveries, and legacy as the first African-American to attend Iowa State College and as an inspirational conservationist.
By Field Museum (corporate author)

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9781419718397 | Reprint edition (Harry N Abrams Inc, September 22, 2015), cover price $9.95

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9780810993662 | Harry N Abrams Inc, January 1, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Illustrated with historical artifacts and photographs, a fresh look at a pioneering American innovator traces Carver's life, discoveries, and legacy as the first African-American to attend Iowa State College and as an inspirational conservationist.

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9780606374217 | Turtleback Books, September 22, 2015, cover price $20.80

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9780766062702 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2015, cover price $27.94

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9780766062719 | Enslow Pub Inc, January 1, 2015, cover price $12.88
9780385720847, titled "Blind Assassin" | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $7.99 | also contains Blind Assassin

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Product Description: When George Washington Carver grew up, African Americans were not allowed to attend most schools. Yet he never gave up on his intense desire to further his education. Read about how Carver worked to become a top agricultural scientistand how he used his knowledge to better the lives of poor farmers...read more

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9780531249826 | Childrens Pr, February 1, 2014, cover price $5.95

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9780531210611 | Childrens Pr, February 1, 2014, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: When George Washington Carver grew up, African Americans were not allowed to attend most schools.

Explore the life and achievements of world famous inventor and teacher, George Washington Carver.

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9781476551616 | Pebble Books, January 1, 2014, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Explore the life and achievements of world famous inventor and teacher, George Washington Carver.

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9781476539577 | Pebble Books, January 1, 2014, cover price $21.32

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Product Description: This book traces the life of George Washington Carver, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the agricultural discoveries for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Carver's life...read more

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9781410962478 | Capstone Pr Inc, January 1, 2014, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: This book traces the life of George Washington Carver, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the agricultural discoveries for which he is best known.

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9781410962409 | Raintree, January 1, 2014, cover price $29.99 | About this edition: This book traces the life of George Washington Carver, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the agricultural discoveries for which he is best known.

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Product Description: For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith. The novelized biographies of this series are inspiring and easy-to-read, ideal for Christians of any age or background. In George Washington Carver, readers will get to know the son of slaves who overcame prejudice, obtained an education, and researched God’s creation to help his southern homeland recover from the Civil War...read more

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9780786230655 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, February 1, 2001), cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A biography of the African American scientist describes how he overcame tremendous hardship to receive a college education and make important discoveries in the field of agriculture.

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9781624166396 | Barbour Pub Inc, December 1, 2013, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: For challenge and encouragement in your Christian life, read the life stories of the Heroes of the Faith.

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9780791050408 | Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A biography of the African American scientist who overcame tremendous hardship, received a college education, and made important discoveries in the field of agriculture

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Product Description: George Washington Carver, one of the most famous scientists in the United States, was an African American born into slavery. He pioneered many developments in plant use, crop rotation, and promoted peanuts as a standard food choice...read more

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9781477701416 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $10.60 | About this edition: George Washington Carver, one of the most famous scientists in the United States, was an African American born into slavery.

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9781477700785 | Powerkids Pr, January 15, 2013, cover price $26.25 | About this edition: George Washington Carver, one of the most famous scientists in the United States, was an African American born into slavery.

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Product Description: George Washington Carver spent his life asking questions and looking for the answers. He gained a reputation as the farmers' best friend after teaching about crop rotation. He told farmers to grow peanuts and sweet potatoes to "rest" their soil between cotton crops...read more

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9781464401978 | Enslow Elementary, January 1, 2013, cover price $9.35 | also contains George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor, George Washington Carver: Scientist and Inventor

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9780766041028 | Enslow Elementary, January 1, 2013, cover price $22.60 | About this edition: George Washington Carver spent his life asking questions and looking for the answers.

An introduction to the life of George Washington Carver, who was born a slave in Missouri and went on to become a college professor known for his accomplishments in the field of agriculture.

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9781617142383 | Buddy Books, January 1, 2010, cover price $25.65

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9781577659440 | Buddy Books, January 1, 2003, cover price $27.07 | About this edition: An introduction to the life of George Washington Carver, who was born a slave in Missouri and went on to become a college professor known for his accomplishments in the field of agriculture.

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Product Description: Graphic novels aren't just for superheroes! George Washington Carver has been plucked from history books and his life and accomplishments have been depicted in an informative nonfiction graphic novel. The subject's birth, childhood, education, and inventions have been skillfully told with detailed art...read more
By Chris Allen (illustrator)

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9781602701717 | Abdo Group, July 1, 2008, cover price $28.50 | About this edition: Graphic novels aren't just for superheroes!

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Product Description: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War. While coping with her unreliable body, Iris reflects on her far from exemplary life, in particular the events surrounding her sister's tragic death...read more

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9781408802786, titled "The Blind Assassin" | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, November 2, 2009, cover price $38.70 | also contains Blind Assassin, Blind Assassin | About this edition: Laura Chase's older sister Iris, married at eighteen to a politically prominent industrialist but now poor and eighty-two, is living in Port Ticonderoga, a town dominated by their once-prosperous family before the First War.

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9780385720847 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, April 1, 2001, cover price $7.99 | also contains The Life of George Washington Carver: Inventor and Scientist

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9780739323694, titled "The Blind Assassin" | Unabridged edition (Random House, May 17, 2005), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: Iris describes the 1945 death of her sister, who drives her car off a bridge, followed, two years later, by the death of her husband, in a story that features a novel-within-a-novel about two unnamed lovers who meet in a dark backstreet room.

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Product Description: Describes the life of George Washington Carver who overcame many hardships to become a college professor.

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9781602531239 | The Childs World Inc, August 1, 2009, cover price $29.93 | About this edition: Describes the life of George Washington Carver who overcame many hardships to become a college professor.

Product Description: Introducing Smart About Scientists! These books feature fascinating biographical information about the world's greatest scientists, ideas on scientific thinking, and real science experiments kids can try at home. Annie Marcus is just nuts about peanut butter! When Annie finds out that George Washington Carver was responsible for the popularity of peanuts, she picks him for her scientist report...read more

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9780448432434 | Grosset & Dunlap, December 1, 2003, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A fictional student's report presents information on George Washington Carver, who became an expert on peanuts and other plants and taught others at the famous college for African Americans, Tuskeegee Institute.

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9780448432861 | Grosset & Dunlap, December 1, 2003, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: A fictional student's report presents information on George Washington Carver, who became an expert on peanuts and other plants and taught others at the famous college for African Americans, Tuskeegee Institute.

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9781439549926 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Introducing Smart About Scientists!

Profiles the African American scientist George Washington Carver, who not only put the peanut on the map, but was also one of the first advocates of recycling.

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9780060278854 | Amistad Pr, May 1, 2008, cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Profiles the African American scientist George Washington Carver, who not only put the peanut on the map, but was also one of the first advocates of recycling.

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9780060278861, titled "Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver" | Amistad Pr, May 1, 2008, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Profiles the African American scientist George Washington Carver, who not only put the peanut on the map, but was also one of the first advocates of recycling.

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Combining history, biography, and illustration, an exciting glimpse into the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.

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9781426301964 | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, February 12, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Combining history, biography, and illustration, an exciting glimpse into the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.

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9781426301971, titled "The Groundbreaking, Chance-taking Life of George Washington Carver and Science & Invention in America" | Natl Geographic Soc Childrens books, February 12, 2008, cover price $25.90 | About this edition: Combining history, biography, and illustration, an exciting glimpse into the life of America's Plant Doctor, who rose from slavery to international fame, details his childhood, his thirst for knowledge, and his revolutionary innovations that profoundly impacted American agriculture.

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Product Description: George Washington Carver has long been revered for his contributions to improving the lives of poor Southern farmers. Carver studied to be a scientist at a time when many black Americans could not afford, or were turned away from, universities...read more

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9780791097175 | 1 edition (Chelsea House Pub, February 1, 2008), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: George Washington Carver has long been revered for his contributions to improving the lives of poor Southern farmers.

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Product Description: George Washington Carver realized his love for plants and nature at a very young age. While still a child, he would spend hours in the woods and in his garden caring for his young plants. Soon he became known as the Plant Doctor, a distinction that stuck with him the rest of his life...read more

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9781584155805 | Mitchell Lane Pub Inc, December 15, 2007, cover price $25.70 | About this edition: George Washington Carver realized his love for plants and nature at a very young age.

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Product Description: Born into slavery, George Washington Carver worked hard, earned a university graduate degree, and eventually became a world-famous expert on plants. By experimenting with peanuts and other plants, he learned how to make many useful products from them...read more

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9780743905909 | Shell Education, December 14, 2007, cover price $8.99 | About this edition: George Washington Carver was a skilled botanist who became famous for his work with peanuts and other plants.

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9780756543051 | Compass Point Books, January 1, 2010, cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Born into slavery, George Washington Carver worked hard, earned a university graduate degree, and eventually became a world-famous expert on plants.

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Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.

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9780836883206 | Weekly Reader Early Learning, July 15, 2007, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.
9780836883343 | Italian edition edition (Weekly Reader Early Learning, July 15, 2007), cover price $8.15 | About this edition: Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.

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9780836883138 | Weekly Reader Early Learning, July 15, 2007, cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.
9780836883275 | Italian edition edition (Weekly Reader Early Learning, July 15, 2007), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Introduces the life of George Washington Carver, an expert on plants and plant products and an educator who devoted his life to finding new uses for such crops as peanuts and sweet potatoes that grew on farms in the South.

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