Children's Nonfiction Exploration & Discovery
The Biography of Corn
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2007
- Category
- Exploration & Discovery, General, Cooking & Food
- Recommended Age
- 10
- Recommended Grade
- 5
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778725275
- Publish Date
- Mar 2007
- List Price
- $10.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778724919
- Publish Date
- Mar 2007
- List Price
- $25.95
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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.