Amazing Potato, The
Publication Information
Author:  Meltzer, Milton	Illustrator:
Title:  Amazing Potato, The	Date:  1992
Publisher:  HarperCollins	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-06-020806-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:	Young Adult:   Yes
Picture:
General Information:
Book Type(s):    nonfiction, reference
HSE Descriptor(s):    social studies| science
Summary:
A wonderful example of thematic writing, this book about the potato includes everything you want to know--and then some. The photographs, fact boxes, sketches, annotated bibliography, index, and interestingly written text produce a self-contained integrated curriculum.
Teaching Ideas:
Read in its entirety, the book provides material for small groups to investigate the history, geography, botany, and even math of potatoes. Using the bibliography, index, and author's introduction, a class could easily pursue a unit on the process of research. Also the book makes a companion volume to Ventura's Food.
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