Where Did My Clothes Come From?
Paperback – Picture Book, September 12, 2017
Candlewick Press · Paperback · September 12, 2017
“Burgeoning fashionistas and young scientists alike will find plenty of fun facts in this clever compendium.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Did you know that the cotton for your jeans was picked from a bush?
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- Who it’s for
- Follow everyday clothes from farms, forests, and factories to the things you wear.
- Themes
- Clothing origins and production, Recycling materials
- Genres
- Clothing & Dress, How Things Work, Kids Fashion
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“Burgeoning fashionistas and young scientists alike will find plenty of fun facts in this clever compendium.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books Did you know that the cotton for your jeans was picked from a bush? Where did your soccer uniform, your rain boots, and your fleece jacket come from? And what does recycling plastic bottles have to do with anything?
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Visit farms, forests, and factories all over the world to find out how everything you wear has a story behind it. Back matter includes an author’s note, an illustrator’s note, a bibliography, and an index.
Clothes Have Origins
Follow everyday clothes from farms, forests, and factories to the things you wear.
Come here for
- Curiosity about where jeans, uniforms, boots, and fleece begin
- A lively meeting of clothing, nature, and making
Expect
- A worldwide look at how clothes get their stories
- An author’s note, illustrator’s note, bibliography, and index
Where it sits
| Clothing & Dress | 76% |
|---|---|
| Kids Fashion | 68% |
| How Things Work | 45% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Kids Fashion
- How Things Work
- Recycling & Green Living
- Authors
- Christine Butterworth
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press
- Published
- September 12, 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Theme
- Clothing origins and production · Recycling materials
- Reading lane
- Kids Fashion