cotton manufacture

It's 1910 in Pownal, Vermont. At 12 Grace and her best friend Arthur must go to work in the mill, helping their mothers work the looms. Together Grace and Arthur write a secret letter to the Child Labor Board about underage children working in the mill. A few weeks later, Lewis Hine, a famous reformer arrives undercover to gather evidence. Grace meets him and appears in some of his photographs, changing her life forever.

Humorous illustrations describe the culture and traditions of Victorian England and what it would be like to be a workhouse boy in London in 1842.

Simple text and color photographs show the step-by-step process that transforms cotton into clothes.

Explains the process of how cotton goes from the field and becomes the thread in clothing.

Tells how cotton is harvested, spun, and woven.

LevelJ.

A simple presentation of information about cotton, including its composition, properties, and some of its uses.

Discusses the growing and ginning of cotton and the making of it into textiles, clothes, food, and other products.

Traces the journey of cotton from the plants, through the cotton gin and the spinning mill where it is made into thread, to the loom where it is woven into cloth, and finally to the clothing factory where it is sewn into pants.

Traces the history of cotton, examines the impact it has had on civilizations throughout history, and describes the many uses of cotton.