Bobbie Kalmans acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a closeup viewof how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos manytaken by Bo... » 

Bobbie Kalmans acclaimed Historic Communities Series provides a closeup viewof how people lived more than two hundred years ago. Colorful photos manytaken by Bobbie Kalman herself at restored historic villages across thecountry help support the fascinating information. Children will have funlearning about early homes and the settler community what people wore and the crafts they made how settlers made their living how they spent their leisure time the values customs and traditions of the early settlersEarly pioneers would travel from far and wide to visit the gristmill for theessential service of having their grain ground. Communities often developed inareas where gristmills had been built. In The Gristmill young readers will findout how the miller produced flour the staple of life as well as learn theanswers to these questions How does wheat become bread? Where was the gristmill located and why was it so crucial? What jobs did the miller do? What was the source of power that turned the grinding stones? «