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The gristmill / Bobbie Kalman.

by Kalman, Bobbie.

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Crabtree Publishing Company, c2020.

Gristmills -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Grain -- Milling -- Juvenile literature.

Frontier and pioneer life -- Juvenile literature.

Kalman, Bobbie. Historic communities.

9780778773177 (hc)

9780778773498 (sc)

[Newly revised edition].

32 pages ; color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Includes index.

A staple food -- The story of wheat -- The hard work of grinding -- Building a gristmill -- The mill goes up -- A growing community -- The miller -- Waterwheels -- The gears -- The millstones -- Getting grain to the mill -- Problems at the mill.

In this newly revised edition of The Gristmill, young readers will discover that people would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for the essential service of having their grain ground. Find out how the miller produced flour, the staple of life, as well as what jobs the miller did, what made the grinding stones turn, and how wheat becomes bread.

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