From Peanuts to Peanut Butter

by Bridget Heos

Overview

Ice cream might be your favorite dessert, but do you know how it's made? This new series explains just that. Come along on the journey as common household foods travel from farm to factory to table. Learn how grapes are made into jelly and peanuts are made into peanut butter. With clear process explanations and charming illustrations, this series answers the questions of curious and hungry kids. A child wonders where peanut butter comes from and learns about the jobs of peanut farmers and how peanuts are harvested, and how peanuts are made into peanut butter and packaged at a factory.  This illustrated narrative nonfiction book includes a map of where peanuts are grown, glossary, and further resources.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681521480
Publisher:	Creative Company, The
Publication date:	02/06/2018
Series:	Who Made My Lunch? Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	661,808
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

About the Author

Bridget Heos is the author of thirteen young adult nonfiction books. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three sons. Visit her website at www.authorbridgetheos.com.

Joy Ang has illustrated several picture books, among them Mustache Baby and Mustache Baby Meets His Match. She lives in Edmonton, Canada, and can also be found at www.joyang.ca.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2017
K-Gr 3—Prompted by the question "Who made my lunch?," these titles highlight the people responsible for the production of food items, such as the wheat farmer, miller, and baker who produce sandwich bread, or the dairy farmer, processors, and sugar caners who help make ice cream. Maps and climate conditions provide agriculture and geography facts, while the waste-saving measures of the peanut farmer, who saves roasted peanut skins to feed pigs and peanut hearts to feed birds, reveal environmental savvy. Context clues help with text vocabulary; wheat goes "dormant" in cold months, "sort of like taking a nap." Scientific processes and math figures are integrated for an interdisciplinary approach. Some social commentary informs students about Fair Trade practices in other countries. VERDICT A clever triple-dip into agriculture concepts, career awareness, and ELA sequencing skills for younger elementary students.

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