Fun Food Inventions

From the Series Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 6
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Do you know what happened when a kid forgot his glass of soda with a stir stick in it outside on a freezing cold night? Popsicles were invented! And did you know ancient people loved to chew on gum, just like we do? Get ready to learn the strange stories behind inventions you use every day. From the guy who thought white-flour snacks were evil so he invented graham crackers to the evolution of ketchup, you’ll be amazed how we got the food inventions we enjoy today.

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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 6
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Copyright 2014
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2013-08-01
Reading Counts! Level 4.2
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF014000, JNF061010, JNF051190
Dewey 641.309
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 7 x 10
Lexile 680
ATOS Reading Level 4.3
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 158897
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Photo captions, Reviewed, Sidebars, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, and eSource

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School Library Journal, Series Made Simple

“This set is a browsers’ delight as well as a rich resource for science or pop-history report writers.” —School Library Journal, Series Made Simple