J. L. Kraft

Fresh food is good for you. Refrigeration keeps some foods fresh, but over time bacteria grows. This can make food go bad. James Lewis Kraft was a cheese seller who wanted to find a way to make food last longer. Kraft and his company invented many convenience foods.

Author: Rebecca Vickers
ISBN: 9781403463449 (1403463441) • Dewey: 338.7'6373'092 • Price: $17.75
Ages: 5-7 • Grade Level: K-2 • Guided Reading Level: O
Pages: 32 • Size: 7 7/8 x 8 15/16 • Publisher: Heinemann • Copyright: 2005
Subjects: Biography • Features: Primary Source
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• AR Level: 4.4 • AR Points: 0.5 • AR Quiz Number: 88547

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Series Contents / Information

Grades
K-2

Lives and Times
Young readers will be inspired by these real-life stories of people who made a mark on the modern world, including six new books on famous entrepreneurs and seven new books on famous composers. Each of these carefully researched biographies is supported by variety of primary source material and designed to inform as well as encourage young readers to take on their own investigations.

ISBN: 9781432922184 (1432922181) • Price: $479.25

Includes the following 27 titles: Asa Candler, Ben Cohen, Benjamin Franklin, Clarence Birdseye, Dr. Seuss, Edwin Binney, Eli Whitney, Florence Nightingale, George Eastman, H.J. Heinz, Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Irving Berlin, J. L. Kraft, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Philip Sousa, Levi Strauss, Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Luther King Jr., Milton Hershey, Ray Kroc, Robert Fulton, Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster, The Wright Brothers, William Wrigley Jr., Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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