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Description
Rice is a nonfiction book for early elementary readers that introduces rice as a food, explaining where it comes from and how it is grown and harvested. The text describes the different types of rice, their role in the USDA Food Guide Pyramid, and why rice is a nutritious part of a balanced diet. The book also includes a simple recipe for rice pudding.
Quick Summary
Did you know rice can be purple, red, or even black, and it travels an amazing journey from muddy fields to your dinner plate? Young readers will flip through colorful photos while discovering weird rice varieties, seeing how farmers plant rice in flooded fields, and learning that rice feeds more than half the world's people. If your kid enjoys the "Magic School Bus" science adventures or the "Who Would Win?" fact books, they'll devour these bite-sized rice revelations. Perfect for kindergarten through third graders who are curious about where their food comes from.