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Children's Nonfiction Exploration & Discovery

The Biography of Corn

by (author) L. Michelle Nielson

Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Initial publish date
Mar 2007
Category
Exploration & Discovery, General, Cooking & Food
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780778725275
    Publish Date
    Mar 2007
    List Price
    $10.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780778724919
    Publish Date
    Mar 2007
    List Price
    $25.95

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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels

  • Age: 10
  • Grade: 5

Description

Maize, or corn, was the staple food of many early cultures in South America, Mesoamerica, and the Caribbean. The Biography of Corn will teach young readers how the farming of corn spread to the rest of the world and how corn may be one answer to today’s problem of fossil fuel consumption.

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