Tomatoes to Ketchup (Rookie Read-About Science)

Lisa M. Herrington

3.1

10 ratings by Goodreads

9780531247433: Tomatoes to Ketchup (Rookie Read-About Science)

ISBN 10: 0531247430 ISBN 13: 9780531247433

Publisher: Children's Press, 2013

Introduce your learners to science! Through simple text and clear photographs, young minds will learn how some of their favorite things are made.

Key Features:

Step-by-Step recap with photos at the end of each book
Fast facts — offering fun, sometimes little known facts about the subject
Low, accessible reading level for emergent and struggling readers
Glossary with pictures provides a visual review of important vocabulary terms
Large, colorful photos provide a visual connection to the text

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From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 2-Carefully avoiding any references to specific brands, these engaging introductions follow common products from farm (or forest) through each major manufacturing step. One-to-five sentence-long explanations (e.g., "Milk is needed to make ice cream. Milk comes from cows.") accompany the bright, full-page or larger, captioned color photos. Challenging vocabulary words are set apart in bold fonts and defined in the glossaries, which also contain pronunciation guides. "Fun Fact!" text boxes contain interesting asides, such as "Americans use about three bottles of ketchup per person each year." The level of detail is well suited to new readers, and each stage is recapped in a chart at the end of every volume. More information is available on a dedicated page on the publisher's website. α(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

From Booklist:

Here’s a well-designed offering from the Rookie Read-About Science series. In methodical fashion, the book begins with the sentence “Ketchup comes from tomatoes.” The text then moves back to the planting process, showing how workers place seeds in the ground, which will grow into tomatoes—some for consumption and others to be made into ketchup. The chapter “From Farm to Factory” clearly explains the process of turning the fruit (“fun fact!”) into a condiment. The large type, with a sentence or two on each page, faces a crisp color photo that breathes life into the process. Informative and attractive, this shows good things come in small packages. A link to the Scholastic website offers readers more. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

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