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Title:Biography of Corn
Series:(How Did That Get Here? Series)
Author:L Michelle Nielsen
ISBN:0778725278 : 9780778725275
Illustrations:colour photos
Format:Paperback
Size:215x280mm
Pages:32
Weight: .174 Kg.
Published:Crabtree Publishing Company - April 2007
List Price: 6.99 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Botany & plant sciences


For ages 7-14. Maize, or com, was the staple food of many early cultures in South America, Mesoamerica, and the Caribbean. This book teaches young readers how the farming of corn spread to the rest of the world and how corn may be one answer to today's problem of fossil fuel consumption.