About this title: The story of how tortillas are made. Readers will observe corn seeds being planted in the earth, then watch the grown corn being ground and sent to the tortilla factory. At the factory the ground corn is transformed, by workers and machinery, into tasty tortillas which are eaten by the people who plant corn seeds in the earth. Color illustrations accompany the text.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Date Published: 04/1995
ISBN-13:9780152928766ISBN:0152928766
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Good, In good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Ex-Library expected imperfections. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Date Published: 1995
ISBN-13:9780152928766ISBN:0152928766
Description: Paulsen, Ruth Wright. Very Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 32 p. Contains: Illustrations. Intended for a juvenile audience. read more
Binding: Wraps
Publisher: Voyager Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780152016982ISBN:0152016988
Description: Paulsen, Ruth Wright. New. No dust jacket as issued. 32 p. Soft-edged color Illustrations from paintings. Child's picture book for easy reading, horizontall format: "The black earth sleeps in winter...but in the spring the black earth is worked by brown hands...that plant yellow seeds, ...which become green plants rustling in soft wind..." read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Voyager Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780152016982ISBN:0152016988
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Acceptable. ACCEPTABLE with noted wear to cover and pages. Binding intact. May contain highlighting, inscriptions or notations. We offer a no-hassle guarantee on all our items. Orders generally ship by the next business day. Default Text. read more
"This book lavishly illustrates the story of a tortilla from the time the corn is planted until it is ground, mixed, made into dough, baked, packaged, and brought into homes to be eaten. The author also uses color imagery -- the black earth, the brown hands, the yellow seeds, the green plants, and so on. The cycle is also continued to the new beginning, as tortillas become food to be eaten and give strength to those who will plant the new crop in the brown earth.
Though there are only a few sentences of text, the words are chosen well and have a poetic quality. The paintings (done in oil on linen by Ruth Wright Paulsen))used to illustrate the book are magnificent and worthy of framing. This book would be perfect in a unit study of food and how it is produced."
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