Bread

by Claire Llewellyn

Follows bread from its beginnings through to the finished product, describing how wheat is grown, harvested, and processed

31 pages, Library Binding

First published March 1, 1999

About the author

Claire Llewellyn is a prize-winning author of non-fiction for young readers – in 1991, she was shortlisted for the prestigious TES Junior Information Book Award for Take One: Rubbish – and in 1992, she won that award for My First Book of Time. Since then, Claire has written more than 100 children’s books on a wide range of subjects. Ask Dr K Fisher About Animals was shortlisted for the 2008 Royal Society prizes for Science Books Junior Prize.

Reviews

[Tanvir Haque · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is appropriate for Year 1 and 2; that is to say children aged 5-7. It is a picture book detailing the making of bread, from the fields of wheat to the factories to your plate! It talks about the harvesting and collection of wheat, its storage in silos, processing of the grain, the making of dough and the process of baking it. I used it in a Year 1 class, to challenge and further the reading of a Higher-Ability pupil who had more or less read everything else in the classroom. A very thorough and well illustrated “How it’s made.”

After the book was read successfully by the pupil, I asked her if she liked it, to which she replied “Yes!” The book contained lots of useful information about a foodstuff that most school children eat every week at least, if not every day, and so is directly relevant to them and should engage them. Informative and concise, it contains pictures of the things it talks about, which children may not have encountered, such as a “silo,” a “tractor” and “dough.” This helps children to understand what they are and is useful for increasing their vocabulary, as well as their reading ability.

All in all, quite a grown-up book for KS1. I recommend it to be read for Top-Middle-Ability to Higher-Ability pupils in your KS1 class.

[Cheryl Meibos · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like to show the pictures of the field of wheat that is ready to harvest and the close-up of what wheat looks like and how the combine harvesters cut the wheat and separate the grain and the mountain of wheat seeds. The kids are amazed at all the foods that have wheat in them. I show this book after I read "The Little Red Hen."

[CFAITC]

This book reveals how people all around the world prepare and eat bread.

[Jamie · Rating 5 out of 5]

good books. add more though