The gristmill

Summary: 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780778773498
Physical Description: 32 pages ; color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Edition: [Newly revised edition].
Publisher: New York : Crabtree Publishing Company, c2020.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.