From Cocoa Bean to Chocolate

by Robin Nelson

Overview

How does a cocoa bean turn into tasty chocolate? Follow each step in the food production cycle—from planting cocoa trees to eating a sweet treat—in this fascinating book!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580139656
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Series:	Start to Finish, Second Series: Food Series
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	363,791
Product dimensions:	8.60(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Robin Nelson's careers have always kept her surrounded by books—as an elementary teacher, working at a publishing company, and now working as a school library media specialist. But her favorite job is writing books for kids. She has written many nonfiction books for children. She lives with her family in Minneapolis.

Table of Contents

Cocoa beans grow. 4

Workers open the pods. 6

The sun dries the beans. 8

A train takes the beans to a factory. 10

The beans are roasted. 12

Machines mash the beans. 14

The chocolate is mixed. 16

The chocolate is poured. 18

The chocolate is wrapped. 20

I eat my favorite treat! 22

Glossary 24

Index 24

Editorial Reviews

"Each book contains a table of contents with the steps listed in the food production. Each spread is clearly organized by the introduction of a specific step and then followed by short sentences to provide additional explanations. A color photograph on the opposite page offers visual clues. Vocabulary words are in bold and are defined in a glossary at the end of each book. A perfect way for youngsters to get their first glimpse at how familiar foods are produced for consumption." —School Library Journal

From the Publisher

K-Gr 3—Children learn about the steps in the food-production cycle in these colorful titles. Chocolate explains how cocoa beans grow and are harvested, roasted, and made into chocolate. Peanut Butter describes the processes involved in harvesting, shelling, cooking, and crushing peanut plants to make peanut butter. In Milk, readers learn about what cows eat and how they are milked, and then how the milk is pasteurized for safe drinking. Ice Cream explains that milk is made into a mix with added flavorings to become ice cream. Each book contains a table of contents with the steps listed in the food production. Each spread is clearly organized by the introduction of a specific step and then followed by short sentences to provide additional explanations. A color photograph on the opposite page offers visual clues. Vocabulary words are in bold and are defined in a glossary at the end of each book. A perfect way for youngsters to get their first glimpse at how familiar foods are produced for consumption.—Janet Weber, Tigard Public Library, OR

School Library Journal