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Food & Drink, Agriculture, Farming & Ranching, Farm Animals

Milk Makers

by Gail Gibbons
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Overview

Fresh and cold, foaming from a carton or bottle, milk is one of nature's most nutritious foods. For this, we must thank the milk makers.

In The Milk Makers, Gail Gibbons begins with the cow, describing its four-stomach method of producing milk, how it is milked on a modern dairy farm, and then how milk is transported to a dairy plant, processed, and loaded onto refrigerated trucks - with other dairy products - for delivery to stores.

Step by step, Gail Gibbons' clear, carefully researched text and crisply colorful pictures tell the wonderful story of milk.

Explains how cows produce milk and how it is processed before being delivered to stores.

Synopsis

You probably drink milk at almost every meal. But have you ever wondered where it comes from?

Cows eat special feed to make good milk. But after the cow is milked, there are still many steps the milk must go through before it reaches you. This book describes them all. And you'll be surprised to find how many other things you eat and drink come from milk, too.

Gail Gibbon's unique style makes this a fascinating book for children and adults alike.

Publishers Weekly

The succinct, enjoyable story of where milk comes from. A Reading Rainbow selection. Ages 48. (March)

About the Author, Gail Gibbons

Gail Gibbons frequently buys milk at a dairy farm near Corinth, Vermont, where she lives with her husband and two children. She is the author and illustrator of many award-winning books for children, including Trucks, The Post Office Book, and New Road. The Milk Makers is her first book for Atheneum.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

The succinct, enjoyable story of where milk comes from. A Reading Rainbow selection. Ages 48. (March)

Book Details

Published
March 1, 1987
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Pages
32
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780689711169

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