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Global Products

The Global Products series introduces readers to important concepts needed to understand their place in the global economy of the 21st Century. The titles in the series both inform and challenge, encouraging the young reader to consider everything from where the components of a product are made, to the long-term impact of globalization on the world in which they will grow up in.

Titles

18 titles found. Displaying 11 - 18.

Jeans

Readers will find out more about the history of Jeans worldwide, and how Jeans are made, from the cotton picked from the fields to the processing plant and onto jean and clothing stores… More →

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MP3 Players

Walk down the street of just about any city in the world and you will see someone listening to music on an MP3 player. This book will introduce readers to the history behind the development… More →

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Pencils

You probably use a pencil almost every day. Did you know that the 'lead' in pencil is really a mineral called graphite? And that China and Mexico are two countries with large graphite… More →

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Radar Guns

This book takes a product students are interested in, Radar Gun, and provides them with details on how the product is created in the global market place of the 21st century. More →

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Salt

You eat salt everyday, but did you know that only 20% of the world's salt is consumed as food? Read this book to learn more about how salt is harvested, its other uses, and why wars have been More →

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Skateboards

Skateboards are not just popular in America, they are popular in England, China, and Japan as well. This book will help readers understand how raw materials are made into skateboards in… More →

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Toys

Find out who made the first teddy bear, what fossil fuels have to do with toys. Learn about toys and how they are manufactured. More →

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