The Tortilla Factory
Gary Paulsen
- Reading
- Read the words alongside the paintings, pausing at each stage to notice how the crop, the work and the finished food are connected.
- Themes
- A cycle from seed to food: The book traces a cycle from seed to plant to tortilla, showing workers tilling soil and the factory and delivery stages. The sequence presents food production as a connected process involving growing, making and delivery.
- Worth knowing
- Workers till soil and operate clanking factory machinery.