Corn Is Maize: The Gift of the Indians (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2)

Bought for grandson to read for school

My grandson is a student in a kindergarten class at a Christian school. His teacher asked me to make a presentation to the class since I am a retired teacher who still loves to dress up in costume and speak in classrooms. This book is very well done and has a great deal of excellent content about corn/maize. However, there are drawings of Native American women who obviously have no clothing covering their breasts. Because of the drawings (even though they are accurate for the time period), this was not the book I wanted. Even though I was able to use much of the material in my presentation, I was not able to read the book to the students as I planned. That is the one drawback about shopping online--one cannot view all the pages of the book before purchasing.

This book will inspire readers from very young through budding biologists. The colourful artwork will keep the young ones interested, while the depth of information works well with older kids and tweens.

This book is great read with the kids to introduce a culture and the origins of...corns! Eating corn in the summer nights has been one of our family tradition so I wanted to have a children's book on corns for my little nephews when they visit in the summer time. It talks about the origins of corn that started over 5,000 years ago in Mexico and with the American Indians. It is a great book on the world of corns and the nourishment it brought for people of the Americas.

Aliki never seems to disappoint when it comes to the books. Very beautiful color on some pages and useful information about the corn and it's culture and orgin.

The book showed step by step how corn is grown.it answered alot of the questions the kids had.

I had a copy of this book as a child - one of my favorites. It is still a great combo of information and interest, I think. Bought it for my son & he couldn't wait to read it!

I bought this for history to teach my kindergarden about early colonial times. Very cute living book.

This is a wonderful book about corn that even adults can learn from. Although most the pages within are black and while. The pictures are still enjoyable for children, and the simple text that explains the history of corn and how we use it today is wonderful!

Informative story for the young reader.