THE TORTILLA FACTORY is a beautiful little book from the Paulsens. With warm artwork and poetic text it describes how tortillas come from corn which is grown in the soil. And how that corn, when ground, makes its way from the fields to the kitchen table.
The Black Earth sleeps in winter.
But in the spring the black earth
is worked by brown hands
that plant yellow seeds,
which become green plants in rustling in the wind
and make golden corn to dry in
hot sun and be ground into flour
for the tortilla factory.
I REALLY like this slim volume. It's not only a great poetic read-aloud, it's useful. With text and pictures it introduces young children to patterns of life that they might not be aware of. It describes how the planting of corn is cyclical and in the rhythm of the seasons; and how the ground corn grain moves through our society so that it eventually nourishes those who grow it.
The artwork is nice and in rich colors: the style abstract and warm.
If there is one drawback, it is that there is some awkward phrasing which strict grammarians might find grating. In the sample above I always add a 'the' to one line, which makes me happy. I certainly wouldn't let this minor problem stop me from enjoying and sharing this lovely book. It's a great read-aloud.
Pam~
THE TORTILLA FACTORY
La Tortillería (spanish)
Word Count: 142
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 2.7 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 18383
Lexile: 510L
--sample pages and other reviews available
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