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Frozen in Time: Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
Author:
Kurlansky, Mark
Biographee:
Birdseye, Clarence
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Class:
Biography
Age: 10-14
Language: English
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LC: HD9217.U
Grade: 5-9
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ISBN-13: 9780385743884
LCCN: 2014017840
Imprint: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publisher: Delacorte Press
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Pub Date: 11/11/2014
Availability: Out of Print Confirmed
List: $15.99
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Hardcover
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Physical Description:
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165 pages, unnumbered sequence of pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
H 8.5",
W 5.75",
D 0.75",
0.6625 lbs.
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Brodart Sources:
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Brodart's Children and Teen Nonfiction Picks
Brodart's Insight Catalog: Teen
Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles
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Bibliographies:
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Awards:
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Horn Book Guide Titles, Rated 1 - 4
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Starred Reviews:
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TIPS Subjects:
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Cooking/Food/Beverages
Business
Inventions/Patents
Biography, Individual
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BISAC Subjects: |
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
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LC Subjects:
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Birdseye, Clarence,, 1886-1956
Birdseye, Clarence,, 1886-1956, Juvenile literature
Businessmen, United States, Biography, Juvenile literature
Food industry and trade
Frozen foods industry, United States, History, Juvenile literature
Industrialists
Inventors
Inventors, United States, Biography, Juvenile literature
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / Science & Technology
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Experiments & Projects
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Technology / Inventions
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SEARS Subjects: |
Birdseye, Clarence,, 1886-1956
Businessmen, United States, Biography
Frozen foods industry, History
Inventors, United States, Biography
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Reading Programs: |
Accelerated Reader Level:
8.3
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Points: 7.0
Lexile Level:
1220
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| Annotations |
| Brodart's TOP Young Adult Titles | 11/01/2014 |
| How much time do you spend thinking about frozen food? Meet a man who devoted much of his energy to revolutionizing the way we preserve food in a middle-grade adaptation of the Clarence Birdseye biography that reveals how Birdseye's special freezing process inspired several other inventions. 176pp., B/W Photos |
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| Journal Reviews |
| Booklist | 12/01/2014 |
| Grades 6-9. Kurlansky has made a name for himself as an author of nonfiction that celebrates the miracles of the mundane. In this adaptation of his adult book Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man (2012), he explores the life of Clarence Birdseye, a "nerd" who ignited a major paradigm shift in the way people think about food. The introduction puts Birdseye firmly in context with other great minds of the Industrial Revolution, including Eastman, Fulton, and Bell. Engaging text relates his life of adventure running dogsleds in Labrador, bouncing from one career to the next, and spending his old age in the wilds of Peru. Kurlansky asserts that Birdseye's idea to freeze food was born of countless life experiences, including tending a farm as a child. The father of the ubiquitous food brand lived a life that reminds young readers that the most essential ingredient to innovation is curiosity. An eight-page photo insert will be included. Anderson, Erin. 176. AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, c2014. |
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| Horn Book Guide | 05/01/2015 |
| 4. YA. Based on the adult book, this volume introduces the frozen-food inventor, who, as a young man, moved around the U.S. and Canada. Much like its itinerant subject, the narrative rambles, discussing family; fox farming; history of ice, salt, refrigeration, and freezing; challenges of developing, transporting, and storing frozen foods; among other topics. A black-and-white photo insert is included. Bib., ind. gbh. 167pg. THE HORN BOOK, c2015. |
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| Kirkus Reviews | 09/15/2014 |
| Clarence Birdseye, written about in three previous works for adults by Kurlansky--Cod (1997), Salt (2002) and The Last Fish Tale (2009)--takes center stage as the creator of a new food industry in this young-readers' adaptation of Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man (2012). Clarence Birdseye, like many inventors, was ahead of his time. When he created a new freezing process for food in 1927, there were no trucks or trains capable of transporting frozen food and no warehouses or stores able to store it. There was not even a market for frozen food; Birdseye had to create a market and an infrastructure to support it. Now, frozen foods are a given, and few people know that a real person is behind that package of Birdseye peas. This edition retains the essentials of Birdseye's fascinating story from the original, though a useful preface was dropped and a prologue added that condescends to young readers with its discussion of "the nerds of the Industrial Revolution" who made fortunes without even finishing college. Another distressing byproduct of this adaptation is that several sections are not as clearly written as in the original. Overall, though, it's a fascinating story of curiosity, imagination and invention. More and more young people are interested in where their food comes from, and this volume offers one fascinating part of the story. (bibliography, index) (Biography. 10-14). 176pg. KIRKUS MEDIA LLC, c2014. |
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| School Library Journal | 12/01/2014 |
| Gr 6-10--Based on Kurlansky's book for adults Birdseye: Adventures of a Curious Man (Random, 2012), this biography examines Birdseye founder Clarence Birdseye, who patented the process of freezing foods. Kurlansky describes how Birdseye dropped out of college for financial reasons, later working as a government field researcher. Between 1912 and 1915, he spent time on Canada's remote Labrador coast, where he found an opportunity in the fur business. There, he noticed that the native Inuit people could freeze food almost instantly in the frigid temperatures and that the food tasted fresh when thawed out. His curiosity about frozen foods never waned, and in the 1920s, he patented a machine that used salt water to freeze food rapidly. Birdseye caught the break of a lifetime when cereal magnate Marjorie Merriweather Post took an interest in his invention. When Post bought him out with her creation of the new company General Foods, Birdseye made a fortune, sealing the deal only three months before the stock market crash of 1929. In later years, the voraciously curious Birdseye also invented a handheld whale harpoon, as well as a high-efficiency heat lamp that is still in use. Kurlansky provides ample context, detailing relevant social and economic conditions (for instance, there was a correlation between population density and the spread of refrigeration in Brooklyn) and crediting a wide selection of contemporary and competing inventors. This is a compellingly told story with obvious curriculum connections. Bob Hassett, Luther Jackson Middle School, Falls Church, VA. 165p. SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL, c2014. |
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| ~VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates Magazine - Retired Journal) | 12/01/2014 |
| 3Q 2P M. Clarence Birdseye, born in Brooklyn in 1886, was an adventurer and inventor with seemingly boundless ideas and energy. As a young man, Birdseye moved to frigid Labrador, Canada, to start a commercial fox farm; the pelts would be sold to furriers and made into fashionable coats and wraps for wealthy consumers. While in Canada, he learned techniques from the locals for preserving food by freezing it. He found that food that was quickly frozen retained the best taste and texture when thawed, cooked, and eaten. This knowledge started a lifelong fascination with food preservation. When his fox farm failed, Birdseye moved south and began work on a way to quickly and commercially freeze large quantities of food. His idea--and invention--changed the way Americans (and eventually the people of the world) consumed food. Many foods became available year round instead of just during their brief growing seasons. And once a network of freezers and frozen delivery trucks was available, people were able to eat foods that were never before seen outside their limited growing areas. Frozen in Time is an adaptation of the author's book for adults, Birdseye: The Adventures of a Curious Man (Doubleday, 2012). Kurlansky attempts to make the reading relevant to a younger audience by including details of Birdseye's childhood and drawing parallels between Birdseye and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. The title will make good reading for fans of biography, but other readers may get bogged down in detailed descriptions. The index, however, will make this useful for students seeking facts about this adventurous man and his inventions.--Anna Foote. 176p. VOICE OF YOUTH ADVOCATES, c2014. |
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