Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Spices and Spuds

"Andy Warner sifts through the nuts and bolts of our long, complicated history with the earth's resources"--

About the author

Andy Warner is the New York Times bestselling author of Brief Histories of Everyday Objects and This Land is My Land. He was a contributing editor at the Nib and teaches cartooning at Stanford University, California College of the Arts, and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. His comics have been published by Slate, Fusion, American Public Media, popsci.com, KQED, IDEO, The Center for Constitutional Rights, UNHCR, UNRWA, UNICEF, and Buzzfeed. He was a recipient of the 2018 Berkeley Civic Arts Grant and was the 2019, 2021, and 2023 Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Artist-in-Residence. He works in a garret room in South Berkeley and comes from the sea.

Summary

Bestselling author Andy Warner returns with another highly entertaining, informative graphic novel that explores humans' ever-changing connection with plants through time-from corn and tulips to rice and wood.

Foreword

Bestselling author Andy Warner returns with another highly entertaining, informative graphic novel that explores humans' ever-changing connection with plants through time-from corn and tulips to rice and wood.

Product details

• Authors: Andy Warner, Warner Andy
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.12.2024
• EAN: 9780316498272
• ISBN: 978-0-316-49827-2
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 216 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 530 g
• Series: Andy Warner's Oddball Histories
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Flowers & Plants, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), JUVENILE NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / History, Natural history (Children’s/Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Plants and trees