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32 pp.
| Candlewick |
August, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7750-3$12.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Lucia Gaggiotti.
Conversational text and cheery retro cartoons work together to provide a step-by-step look at the ways in which key materials are obtained and processed to produce common articles of clothing such as cotton jeans and rubber boots. The content-packed spreads, which emphasize the manufacturing process (sans politics), reward a careful reading of text and images with abundant substantive information. Bib., ind.