Rating: Very Good
Houghton Mifflin, 2009, $16.00
ISBN: 9780618507511
Age/Grade Level: ages 5-8
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In this extensively researched book, Micucci's bright eye-popping colors will have even the reluctant learner busy reading about corn. In fourteen informational chapters with such clever titles as "An A-Maize-ing Grain", Micucci presents corn's history in small kernels of information. Chapters are two pages in length; each page beginning with a seven-sentence introduction; with four bright pictures identified with a one-sentence explanation/definition. In short: at no time in this book will a beginning reader become overwhelmed. Even if they might, the corn yellows and vibrant greens will certainly hold their attention. Moreover, The Life and Time of Corn does not make the mistake of rendering itself potentially obsolete by dating itself--"corn of today"--which in ten years will no longer be pertinent, but rather informs the reader from an historical/informational perspective. Well written and charming; a must for your reference section.
Reviewer: Marie L. Twombly, OCPL/Aliso Viejo Library
