Sam J. Porcello : Oreo innovator
Format:
Book
Title:
Sam J. Porcello : Oreo innovator
Other title(s):
Oreo innovator
Milk's favorite cookies Oreo
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ISBN:
9781532110849
Publication:
Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing, [2018]
Physical Description:
32 pages : illustrated (some color) ; 21 cm.
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General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Early life -- Education matters -- Sweet career start -- Cookies & change -- Cocoa connoisseur -- Mr. Oreo -- Tough test kitchen -- New ideas -- Special honors -- Life after Oreo -- Family man -- Living legacy -- Timeline -- What's in a name?
Summary:
In this title, unwrap the life of Oreo innovator Sam J. Porcello! Readers will follow Porcello's journey from his childhood through his years at Nabisco where he worked to make the Oreo filling creamier and its cookies more chocolatey! Learn how Porcello developed new Oreo flavors and came to be known as Mr. Oreo while also improving Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, and Mallomars. A helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement historical and color photos. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Reading Level:
840 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR 5.1 0.5 190723.
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