Corn crops / by Grace Hansen.
Material type:
TextSeries: Hansen, Grace. Agriculture in the USA! ; Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Abdo Kids, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 24 pages : color illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781098266189
- 1098266188
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | New | 633.15 H249 | Available | 33111011217607 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This title takes readers to farms throughout the United States that grow corn. Readers will learn about the difference between sweet corn and field corn and how they are grown, harvested, stored, eaten, or made into different products. Title is complete with glossary, index, and a labeled diagram of a corn plant. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Includes index.
Top crop -- The history of corn -- Corn crops -- Parts of a corn plant -- Glossary.
Provides an overview of corn as an influential crop in the United States as well as growing, harvesting, and processing practices. Explores its origins, historical and current-day significance as a food source for humans and livestock, and its use in other products such as ethanol and shampoo.