Books in Start to Finish Book series

Full-color illustrations and simple text detail the production of sugar from sugar beets

Describes the individual steps taken in making wood into paper and what happens to the finished product

A simply worded text with vivid illustrations shows how wool is processed from fleece to yarn to knitted scarf

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Traces the journey of cotton from the plants, through the cotton gin and the spinning mill where it is made into thread, to the loom where it is woven into cloth, and finally to the clothing factory where it is sewn into pants.

Venable, Alan

Follows the cacao bean from the tropical trees on which they grow to the factories where they are roasted, skinned, and ground to make cocoa butter, the major ingredient in chocolate products.

Follows the rubber juice (latex) from its tree to the factory and eventual use as a tire on various vehicles

Describes how jam is made from fresh fruit.

Examines the many activities--including growing, harvesting, milling, mixing, and baking--which transform grain into bread and illustrates each process

Describes the process of glassmaking from the melting of sand in a furnace with soda, lime, and recycled glass to the molten glass that is blown into bottles and jars and rolled into window panes.

Briefly explains how grass is used by cows to produce milk which is made into butter.