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by Roberto Manti Illustrated by Peter Church

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Narrative • Food History • Map • Pizza Words Nonfi ction • Pizza • Defi nitions • World Cultures • Captions • Labels

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14180_CVR.indd Cover1 3/4/05 8:31:59 PM Talk About It 1. Why was pizza the food for the poor people of Naples?The 2. Why do you think the rich people in Italy beganStory eating pizza? of Pizza

by Roberto Manti Write AboutIllustrated It by Peter Church 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write three sentences telling what you like about pizza.

Extend Language Flour is used to make pizza. People put cheese on top of . What else can you put on pizzas? Look in the story.

Photographs Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.

Cover, 9 ©Peter Johnson/Photolibrary; 2 ©Digital Wisdom, Inc.; 10 ©Getty Images; 11 ©Getty Images; 12 ©Eric Pearle/Getty Images.

ISBN: 0-328-14180-1

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The idea for pizza began in Greece. Many families in Naples were poor. People didn’t have much food to cook Do you like pizza? Many people do. with. They had flour, olive oil, cheese, How did pizza get its start? and spices. The people learned to put Long ago people in Greece baked these ingredients together. They made flat bread in round shapes. They added round, flat dough. They put olive oil, spices, olive oil, and olives on top. These cheese, and spices on top. Then they were the first pizzas. baked it. They could feed their hungry In the 1800s, the idea of making families with this food. round, flat bread came to Naples, Italy. Here the modern-day pizza was born. flour: finely ground wheat used to make modern-day: present day, today bread and other baked food 2 3

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In 1889, Queen Margherita and King Umberto decided to visit the cities of their kingdom, Italy. The queen saw many poor people eating pizza. She These round and flat breads were wanted to try it too. She asked her given the name pizzas. They were sold guards to bring her some pizza. in the markets. A pizza did not cost The queen loved pizza! This upset much money to make. It tasted good. some people. How could the queen eat People felt full when they ate pizza. poor people’s food? The queen didn’t People who didn’t have much money care what people thought. She wanted could buy pizza. more pizza. She asked the best pizza baker to make a pizza just for her.

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The baker’s name was Rafaelle Esposito. He wanted to make a very special pizza for the queen. The colors of Italy’s flag were red, green, and white. The queen loved the pizza. This The baker wanted to use these colors on special pizza was named Pizza the pizza. He used white cheese. Margherita in the queen’s honor. He used red tomatoes. Soon people all over Italy, both rich He used fresh green basil and poor, were eating pizza. They began leaves. He baked the to make different kinds of pizza. People pizza. Then he brought it added meat to their pizza. They added to the queen. It was the vegetables. first !

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You don’t have to go to Hawaii to try . Many pizzerias serve this delicious pizza. A Hawaiian pizza can be topped with ham, green peppers, and pineapple chunks. Would you like to try this yummy pizza?

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Write About It 3. On a separate sheet of paper, write three sentences telling what you like about pizza.

Extend Language Flour is used to make pizza. People put cheese on top of pizzas. What else can you put on pizzas? Look in the story. In Japan, people eat a lot of fish. It is not surprising that many Japanese Photographs people like fish on their pizzas. A Every effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit for photographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges to correct errors called to its attention in subsequent editions. pizza can be topped with Cover, 9 ©Peter Johnson/Photolibrary; 2 ©Digital Wisdom, Inc.; 10 ©Getty Images; salmon, shrimp, or squid! 11 ©Getty Images; 12 ©Eric Pearle/Getty Images. ISBN: 0-328-14180-1 The next time you eat pizza, think Copyright © Pearson Education, Inc. about pizza’s long delicious history. All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication is protected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or likewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department, Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.

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