Copy for Spring, 2001 Catalog

Around the World with Food and Spice

• Offers an interdisciplinary, multicultural education of significant historical, geographic, and scientific facts about foods the world has shared throughout history

• Combines a highly readable text with a treasure trove of vibrant full-color photographs, drawings and a stunning collection of reproduced paintings from museums all over the world, sweeping kids away on an enthralling tour of art history

• Presents bolded glossary terms with their phonetic pronunciations, providing a valuable lesson in languages from around the world

This captivating series sweeps fourth grade students away on an historical journey exploring the many uses of important foods and spices. They discover that olives, called the "queen of all trees," have long meant peace and joy. They learn why it took thousands of years for oranges to reach America, and how peanuts, sometimes called "goobers" came to America on African slave ships. They'll be surprised to learn that rice, the main food for over half the people on Earth, was used as money in Madagascar for hundreds of years, in the same way that salt was used to pay ancient Roman soldiers. And by traveling back a few thousand years, readers discover how people would do anything to get pepper, cloves, nutmeg, and cinnamon.