Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World (Orca Footprints)

by Nikki Tate (Author)

Down to Earth: How Kids Help Feed the World (Orca Footprints)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Orca Footprints

Kids all over the world help collect seeds, weed gardens, milk goats and herd ducks.

From a balcony garden with pots of lettuce to a farm with hundreds of cows, kids can pitch in to bring the best and freshest products to their families' tables―and to market. Loaded with accessible information about the many facets of farming, Down to Earth takes a close look at everything from what an egg carton tells you to why genetic diversity matters―even to kids.

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Kirkus

Informative, varied, entertaining, eye-catching—there’s not much more you could ask of this unaffected piece of work.

Review quotes

"Packed with information about the many types of food grown and how domestic animals are raised around the world...The most interesting parts that spotlight children, however, are the inserts about the author's farm, Dark Creek Farm...[where] readers learn more personally engaging and specific information about aspects of food production which would favor roles for kids and which young readers could identify with...The greatest value in this book may be to change the perception of young readers still under the illusion that food comes from the nearest grocery store."— "CM Magazine"
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781459814127
Lexile Measure
1170
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication date
April 04, 2017
Series
Orca Footprints
BISAC categories
JNF037020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
JNF003080 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Farm Animals
JNF051020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Technology | Agriculture
Library of Congress categories
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