How Sweet It Is (and Was): The History of Candy by Ruth Freeman Swain
	List Price:   $16.95 Unit Price:   $13.56 You Save:   $3.39 (20%) ISBN-10:   0823417123 ISBN-13:   9780823417124 Publisher:   Holiday House Edition:   Teachers Edition, Instructors Manual, etc., illustrated Category:   Agriculture Pub. Date:   January 2003 Pages:   32 Ages:   5 to 8 Grades:   0 to 3
Subjects
CANDY
Description/Notes
Provides a brief history of a variety of candies and chewing gum. Includes recipes for sugar paste, fudge, and taffy. A global view with amazing facts. Recipes, time line. John O'Brien, collects facts about candy. 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 mouthwatering part in holiday celebrations as well as day-to-day life. Here is a collection of little-known facts, including how many kinds of candy came to be.