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Lexile measure
1200L
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English
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How the Refrigerator Changed History examines the invention and evolution of the refrigerator and explores how refrigeration has changed the way people eat and live. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and maps, charts, and diagrams. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
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English
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Food and agriculture has changed throughout the centuries. In many ways, it has improved the lives of people. Some of the most crucial inventions in food and agriculture include food preserves, cellophane, canning, and frozen food. This book examines men and women who invented these objects and many others, and their impact on today's society.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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"In this title, unwrap the life of talented McDonald's restaurants builder, Ray Kroc! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude, beginning with his childhood in Oak Park, Illinois. Students can follow Kroc's success story from his education at Oak Park and River Forest High School to his careers with WGES radio station, the Lily-Tulip Cup Company, and the Malt-A-Mixer Company. Kroc's family and his retirement years are also highlighted....
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English
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In this title, unwrap the lives of talented Milky Way bars and M&M's makers, Frank Mars and Forrest Mars Sr.! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude family, beginning with Frank's childhood in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Students can follow his success story from making candy with his mother as a boy to his establishment of the Mar-O-Bar Company. Forrest Sr.'s childhood is also highlighted, from his childhood in Canada and college experience...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
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Examines the life of Robert Cade, discusses his work in medicine, and looks at how his efforts to find a way to treat football players at the University of Florida for dehydration and heatstroke led to the invention of Gatorade.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Describes the early lives of Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, the founders of Ben & Jerry's ice cream company, explains how they built their business, and discusses their later life and the causes they support.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
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This title will take readers through the process of making cotton candy, from sugar cane fields, to sugar processing plants, and finally to fairs and carnivals where cool machines spin thin threads that are gathered to make yummy cotton candy!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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This title will take readers through the process of bottling maple syrup, starting in Canada where there are lots of maple trees. Readers will learn how maple syrup is gathered, processed, and bottled for them to buy and enjoy on their pancakes! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers-and immersion school educators.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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This title will take readers through the process of making cotton candy, from sugar cane fields, to sugar processing plants, and finally to fairs and carnivals where cool machines spin thin threads that are gathered to make yummy cotton candy! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers-and immersion school educators.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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This title will take readers through the process of making honey, beginning with honey bees and how they create honeycomb in their hives. Then it will show readers how honeycomb is gathered without harming honey bees, and how honey is extracted from it. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers-and immersion school educators....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This title will take readers through the process of bottling maple syrup, starting in Canada where there are lots of maple trees. Readers will learn how maple syrup is gathered, processed, and bottled for them to buy and enjoy on their pancakes! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
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This title will take readers into factories where root beer is brewed using special root extracts, water, sugar, and yeast! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO. Translated by native Spanish speakers-and immersion school educators.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
470L
Language
English
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"This title will take readers through the process of making honey, beginning with honey bees and how they create honeycomb in their hives. Then it will show readers how honeycomb is gathered without harming honey bees, and how honey is extracted from it" --
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
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Describes the early life of William Wrigley, the businessman whose use of premiums in marketing made him a leader in the chewing gum business, explains how he built his company, and discusses his later life and ownership of the Chicago Cubs.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
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In this title, unwrap the lives of talented Kellogg's cereal pioneer, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg and W.K. Kellogg! Get the scoop on these Food Dudes, beginning with their childhood in Battle Creek, Michigan. Students can follow their success story from John's education at Bellevue Hospital Medical College and W.K.'s career as a broom salesman to their work together at the Battle Creek Sanitarium that led to the first flaked cereal business, the Sanitas...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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Follow Hershey's success story from his apprenticeship at Royer's Ice Cream Parlor and Garden to his establishment of the Lancaster Caramel Company. Hershey's discovery of chocolate and determined creation of the Hershey bar also highlighted. Engaging text familiarizes readers with topics of interest including the town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, and the Milton Hershey School. An entertaining sidebar, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index, supplement...
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English
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"Chunky Monkey. Cherry Garcia. Phish Food. Truffle Kerfuffle. Chubby Hubby. Legendary ice cream makers Ben & Jerry are behind some of the wackiest, tastiest flavors we all know and love. It all began in 1965 when two groovy guys, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, met when they were twelve years old. Ben liked art, Jerry liked science, and they both loved food... especially ice cream! They eventually started a business together, and with no idea how...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
860L
Language
English
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Many people enjoy eating meat. But livestock takes up a lot of land and resources. Bugs take less space, water, and food. They are also more nutritious than meat. Eating Bugs as Sustainable Food looks at the science behind raising and eating bugs and why eating bugs might help feed more people around the world. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject.
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