Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
All about ships	Ali Mitgutsch	44p. : 24cm	OL4031392W
From blossom to honey	Ali Mitgutsch	Describes how bees turn flower nectar into the honey which the beekeeper extracts from the hive.	OL4031439W
From cacao bean to chocolate	Ali Mitgutsch	Follows the cacao bean from the tropical trees on which they grow to the factories where they are roasted, skinned, and ground to make cocoa butter, the major ingredient in chocolate products.	OL4031440W
From cement to bridge	Ali Mitgutsch	Follows limestone from the quarry to the factory where it eventually is formed into cement and ultimately becomes concrete and is made into a bridge.	OL4031441W
From clay to bricks	Ali Mitgutsch	Highlights the step-by-step process of digging clay and forming it into bricks.	OL4031442W
From cotton to pants	Ali Mitgutsch	Traces the journey of cotton from the plants, through the cotton gin and the spinning mill where it is made into thread, to the loom where it is woven into cloth, and finally to the clothing factory …	OL4031443W
From cow to shoe	Ali Mitgutsch	Follows a cow hide from the tannery where it is soaked, scraped, stretched, and sometimes dyed to the shoe factory where it is cut and stitched together to make shoes.	OL4031444W
From lemon to lemonade	Ali Mitgutsch	Text and illustrations describe how commercial lemonade is made and bottled in factories and shipped to stores and restaurants.	OL4031451W
From milk to ice cream	Ali Mitgutsch	Describes how ice cream is made from milk.	OL4031452W
From ore to spoon	Ali Mitgutsch	After iron ore is mined, it is poured into a blast furnace with limestone and coke and melted into molten iron. Air and alloys are added resulting in strong steel used for making spoons and many othe…	OL4031454W
From sheep to scarf	Ali Mitgutsch	Highlights the step-by step process of shearing sheep, spinning wool, and knitting a scarf.	OL4031457W
From swamp to coal	Ali Mitgutsch	Describes how coal is formed by the earth and the methods used to mine it. Also discusses some of the uses of this mineral.	OL4031458W
From tree to table	Ali Mitgutsch	Follows the path of a tree as it is felled, cut into planks, and made into furniture.	OL4031459W
From grass to butter	Ali Mitgutsch	Briefly explains how grass is used by cows to produce milk which is made into butter.	OL4031477W
From Seed to Pear	Ali Mitgutsch	Describes the cycle of a pear seed which, when planted, produces a fruit-bearing tree and a supply of new seeds.	OL4031479W