The Deep Dish on Pizza
The Deep Dish on Pizza
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Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Annotation: Introduces young readers to the history of pizza and how it gained popularity the world over.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #5590103
Format: Paperback
Copyright Date: 2014
Edition Date: 2014 Release Date: 08/05/14
Illustrator: Guidera, Daniel,
Pages: 48 pages
ISBN: 1-481-42055-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-481-42055-6
Dewey: 641.82
LCCN: 2013050058
Dimensions: 24 cm.
Language: English
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Horn Book

Who were the first people to make ice cream, and how is it made today? Is pizza really from Italy, and how much of it do Americans eat every year? Such questions are answered in these peppy, fact-filled easy readers. Retro-style cartoon illustrations and large-font text are nicely laid out on bright pages. Additional cultural information, science connections, and quizzes round out each volume.

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Word Count: 2,404
Reading Level: 5.5
Interest Level: 1-4
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 5.5 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 168565 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:6.4 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q75250
Lexile: NC950L
Guided Reading Level: R
Fountas & Pinnell: R

Chow down on a slice of history in this fact-tastic nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read all about pizza, part of a series about the history of fun stuff!

Did you know that two thousand years ago, the soldiers of Darius the Great used their shields to cook a pizza-like flatbread? Or that Americans eat approximately 350 slices of pizza per second? That adds up to more than seventy-five football fields of pizza each day! Learn all about the mouthwatering history of pizza in this fun, fact-filled book.

A special section at the back of the book includes relevant info on subjects like geography and science, and there’s even a fun quiz so you can test yourself to see what you’ve learned!


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