Corn Is Maize: The Gift Of The Indians (Let'S-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2)Read and find out about corn in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. With simple prose and beautiful illustrations, award winning author illustrator Aliki tells the story of how Native American farmers thousands of years ago found and nourished a wild grass plant and made corn an important part of their lives. They learned the best ways to grow and store and use its fat yellow kernels. And then they shared this knowledge with the new