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Cotton
Nomad Press
language (Nomad Press, Sept. 1, 2011)Modern, bright photography and age-appropriate text engage young learners in an exploration of everyday materials in this new series. Using simple, colorful, familiar objects to demonstrate the characteristics of such textiles as silk, cotton, wool, and nylon, each installment encourages readers to ask and answer questions and to plan and conduct simple investigations. Based on National Science Education Standards, this series is an ideal supplement for preschool and kindergarten teachers and offers parents a unique opportunity to prepare youngsters for formal education.With such questions as How is cotton made? and What does cotton look and feel like?, this volume takes a closer look at this everyday material and how it relates to its textile counterparts.
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Cotton
Millicent Ellis Selsam
Hardcover (Morrow, Aug. 16, 1982)Surveys the history, growth cycle, processing, and varied uses of one of the world's most important fiber plants.
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Cotton
Nomad Press
Paperback (Nomad Press, Sept. 1, 2011)Modern, bright photography and age-appropriate text engage young learners in an exploration of everyday materials in this new series. Using simple, colorful, familiar objects to demonstrate the characteristics of such textiles as silk, cotton, wool, and nylon, each installment encourages readers to ask and answer questions and to plan and conduct simple investigations. Based on National Science Education Standards, this series is an ideal supplement for preschool and kindergarten teachers and offers parents a unique opportunity to prepare youngsters for formal education. With such questions as How is cotton made? and What does cotton look and feel like?, this volume takes a closer look at this everyday material and how it relates to its textile counterparts.
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Cotton
Nomad Press
Hardcover (Nomad Press, Sept. 1, 2011)Modern, bright photography and age-appropriate text engage young learners in an exploration of everyday materials in this new series. Using simple, colorful, familiar objects to demonstrate the characteristics of such textiles as silk, cotton, wool, and nylon, each installment encourages readers to ask and answer questions and to plan and conduct simple investigations. Based on National Science Education Standards, this series is an ideal supplement for preschool and kindergarten teachers and offers parents a unique opportunity to prepare youngsters for formal education. With such questions as How is cotton made? and What does cotton look and feel like?, this volume takes a closer look at this everyday material and how it relates to its textile counterparts.
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Cotton
Chris Oxlade
Paperback (Heinemann, Jan. 16, 2002)What is cotton? Where do we get it? How do we use cotton? Each title in the Materials, Materials, Materials series takes a close look at an important material. Read about what the material is, where we get it, and other interesting facts. Learn how we process the material, how we use it, and how we can all help to recycle it.
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Tom Cotton
Chris Bardsley
language (, Aug. 12, 2017)Fulton Hall had come to a sad end, a derelict shell overgrown with tangled vines, and stories of it being haunted keeping anyone from venturing within.When Tom saw a mysterious light flashing around the Hall, he decided to investigate further with his friend Ken. They soon wished they hadn't following their discovery within the ruins.Lower Wallow was normally a sleepy village, nothing ever exciting happened beyond that of the annual country fair. On this particular day everyone had turned out to enjoy the festivities, all apart from the village Constable who had decided to check on the Hall purely by chance that Tom's story would turn out to be nothing more than a boyish fantasy.However, when he failed to return, both boys returned to the Hall and found themselves caught up in the monumental discovery of an ornate ancient box which had lain hidden for years.A box holding the secrets of thousands of years of ancient history.A box whose secrets will be revealed in this exciting mystery.
