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The Potato King

Christoph Niemann, illustrated by Christoph Niemann

The book introduces Frederick, a Prussian king also called Fritz, and his effort to bring potatoes to Europe. He sees promise in the potato, a crop newly brought from South America, and chooses to grow it for his people. A clever strategy changes people’s response to a crop they had rejected, turning it into a familiar staple. The illustrations include colorful potato prints.

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Book details

Lexile Text Measure
348L
ATOS Book Level
2.5
AR Interest Level
LG
AR Points
0.5
Fountas & Pinnell Text Level
K
Themes
Food And Cooking · Government And Civics · History · Plants And Gardening
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Owlkids
Published
September 15, 2020
Pages
32
ISBN-13
9781771474252
Language
English
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