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Toothpaste
Fulfills the standards: "Physical Science" and "Science and Technology" from the National Science Education Standards for Grades K-4 and Grades 5-8.
Fulfills and standards: "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Elementary School.
Fulfills and standards: "Production, Distribution, and Consumption" and "Science, Technology, and Society" from the National Council for the Social Studies Curriculum Standards for Elementary School.
31 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2001
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Tanya Lee Stone
86 books102 followersTanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. Her work, which includes YA fiction (A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl), picture books (Elizabeth Leads the Way and Sandy's Circus), and nonfiction (Almost Astronauts and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie) has won national awards such as the ALA's Sibert Medal, SCBWI's Golden Kite Award, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction, Jane Addams Book Award Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, NCTE's Orbus Pictus, and Bank Street's Flora Steiglitz Award. Forthcoming titles include Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?! and The House that Jane Built (Holt 2013) and Courage Has No Color (Candlewick 2013).
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October 17, 2013
More propaganda from Tom’s of Maine! They want me to brush my teeth with this stuff?! It has the chalk and seaweed as ingredients. This is gross.
One caption has a middle aged woman sticking her toothpaste-covered finger against her tongue, with the caption : “A taster makes sure the toothpaste tastes great.” I may never find out who that woman is. All I can do is hope she follows the reviews of “Toothpaste from Start to Finish” on Goodreads, because I have one burning question that only she can answer: How do you become a toothpaste taster?
I wonder if the employees have to have beautiful smiles to work for Tom’s of Maine. I wouldn’t know because none of them are smiling as the photos are all of oppressed workers pouring drab looking contents into vats. Midway through the book is a bright and colorful bio about the founders of the company. They are seated in front of a garden on a beautiful summer day. They have perfect smiles.
I might recommend this book to a kid that really wants to know how Tom’s of Maine toothpaste is produced. But I don’t think any kid is genuinely interested, so I would point them toward this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaf2_2...
One caption has a middle aged woman sticking her toothpaste-covered finger against her tongue, with the caption : “A taster makes sure the toothpaste tastes great.” I may never find out who that woman is. All I can do is hope she follows the reviews of “Toothpaste from Start to Finish” on Goodreads, because I have one burning question that only she can answer: How do you become a toothpaste taster?
I wonder if the employees have to have beautiful smiles to work for Tom’s of Maine. I wouldn’t know because none of them are smiling as the photos are all of oppressed workers pouring drab looking contents into vats. Midway through the book is a bright and colorful bio about the founders of the company. They are seated in front of a garden on a beautiful summer day. They have perfect smiles.
I might recommend this book to a kid that really wants to know how Tom’s of Maine toothpaste is produced. But I don’t think any kid is genuinely interested, so I would point them toward this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uaf2_2...
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