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Transformed : how everyday things are made / written by Bill Slavin ; with Jim Slavin ; illustrated by Bill Slavin.

Author/creator Slavin, Bill
Other author/creatorSlavin, Jim.
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoToronto : Kids Can Press, ©2005.
Description160 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction -- Fun and games -- Baseballs -- CSs -- Chewing gum -- Dolls -- Footballs -- Guitars -- Marbles -- Neon signs -- Plastic dinosaurs -- Ship in a bottle -- Soccer balls -- Surfboards -- Teddy bears -- Whistles -- Around the house -- Aluminum foil -- Books -- Car litter -- Crayons -- Cutlery -- Dental floss -- Dry pet food -- Erasers -- Matches -- Mirrors -- Pencils -- Plastic wrap -- Pottery -- Soap -- Stick on bandages -- Toothpaste -- Wax candles -- Wire -- Soup to nuts -- Bread -- Cereal -- Cheese -- Chocolate -- Cola -- Fortune cookies -- Ice cream -- Jellybeans -- Ketchup -- Licorice -- Milk -- Pasta -- Peanut butter -- Potato chips -- Salt -- Tap water -- Tea -- Yogurt -- Cover-ups -- Blue jeans -- Cotton -- Polyester -- Rayon -- Running shoes -- Silk -- Wool -- Work gloves -- Back to basics -- Aluminum -- Brick -- Cement -- Glass -- Iron and steel -- Lumber -- Paper -- Petroleum -- Plastic resins -- Recycling -- Rubber -- Glossary -- For more information -- Acknowledgements -- Index.
Abstract Discover how nature is transformed into more than sixty things we eat, drink, play with, wear or use every day.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159) and index.
ISBN1553371798 (bound) :
ISBN9781553371793 (bound)
Stock numberJunior Library Guild http://www.juniorlibraryguild.com

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