Jeans
From the Series 21st Century Skills Library
Readers will find out more about the history of Jeans worldwide, and how Jeans are made, from the cotton picked from the fields to the processing plant and onto jean and clothing stores worldwide, making Jeans truly a Global Product.
- A Lot to Talk About
- Who Invented Jeans?
- The Journey to Jeans
- Let's Trade!
- The Jeans Team of the Future
- Map
- Glossary
- For More Information
- Index
- About the Author
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 6 |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| BISACS | JNF010000, JNF051120 |
| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
| Series | Racial Justice in America: Excellence and Achievement: 21st Century Skills Library |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 32 |
| ISBN | 9781602790292 |
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| Title Format | Reinforced book |
| Release Date | 2007-08-01 |
| Author | Nancy Robinson Masters |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Sources for further research, Table of contents |
| Dewey | 687'.1 |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
| ATOS Reading Level | 6.8 |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 117912 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 1.0 |
Author: Nancy Robinson Masters
Nancy Robinson Masters has been wearing jeans all of her life. Nancy grew up on a cotton farm in West Texas where she learned to drive a tractor before she learned to drive a car. She is an award-winning author of 18 books and hundreds of stories and articles. “That old tractor started me on journeys that have taken me around the world. Everywhere I‘ve been, including Antarctica as a guest of the National Science foundation, I‘ve met people wearing jeans!â€
Content Adviser: James Sullivan
Author of Jeans: A Cultural History of an American Icon