How Sweet It Is (and Was): A History of Candy

by Ruth Freeman Swain and John O'Brien

Book Overview

Can you imagine Valentine's Day without chocolate hearts, Halloween without candy corn, Christmas without candy canes, or Hanukkah without chocolate coins? Candy has always played an important and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823417123
• ISBN13: 9780823417124
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.1" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 7 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 4

Customer Reviews

A lively and intriguing history of candy production

What would the holidays be without candy - Valentine's Day without the hearts, Hanukkah without chocolate coins? Candy wasn't always part of our lives, explains Ruth Swain in How Sweet It Is And Was: chapters provide a lively and intriguing history of candy production from the first accidental discovery of fudge at Vassar to Hersey's mechanization of the chocolate-making process. Kids in grades 2-4 will love How Sweet It Is And Was.