Bread is for Eating

LeVar talks about how the differences in cultures impact on this common food. A Hopi woman shows how she makes blue cornmeal bread, and we visit an East Indian restaurant where they bake bread in a tandoori oven.

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Bread is for Eating Feature Book:

Bread is for Eating

This book explains the process of making bread--from growing the grain to baking it--in a song sung in English and in Spanish.

Author: David and Phillis Gershator
Illustrator: Emma Shaw-Smith
Publisher: Henry Holt

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Bread, Bread, Bread

Bread, Bread, Bread

Celebrates the many different kinds of bread and how they may be enjoyed.

Author: Ann Morris
Illustrator: Ken Heyman
Publisher: William Morrow

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The Tortilla Factory

The Tortilla Factory

Workers till the black soil and plant the seeds, which grow into plants. The corn is picked and dried and taken to the tortilla factory. Workers mix the corn flour into dough, which is baked into tortillas and delivered to homes in the area. The tortillas then feed the workers who till the black soil.

Author: Gary Paulsen
Illustrator: Ruth Wright Paulsen
Publisher: Harcourt Brace

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Walter the Baker

Walter the Baker

The Duke and Duchess love Walter the Baker's warm sweet rolls every morning. One morning, Walter's cat spills the milk and Walter has to use water to make his rolls. The Duke is very angry and orders Walter to be banished, unless he can invent a tasty roll through which the rising sun can shine three times.

Author: Eric Carle
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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