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Popcorn, corn on the cob, corn dogs, cornflakes-corn is used in many favorite foods. This book offers up the history of corn as well as the details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. A cornucopia of information about a popular farm product.

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Main Author: Gibbons, Gail
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, 2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Corn > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:Popcorn, corn on the cob, corn dogs, cornflakes-corn is used in many favorite foods. This book offers up the history of corn as well as the details concerning planting, cultivation, harvesting, and its many uses. A cornucopia of information about a popular farm product.
Physical Description:32 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:9780823421695 (hardcover)
0823421694 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests.

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