Andy Warner's Oddball Histories: Spices and Spuds

“Readers will likely devour this ambitious and immersive survey of agricultural connections and interdependence.”–Shelf Awareness “An introduction to plants as crops that entertains as well as it educates. A helpful purchase for covering changes over time and the interdependence of trade and agriculture.”–School Library Journal “A concise overview of a complex and fascinating history presented in a digestible visual medium.”–Kirkus Reviews

Andy Warner is the New York Times bestselling author of Brief Histories of Everyday Objects and This Land is My Land. He was a contributing editor at the Nib and teaches cartooning at Stanford University, California College of the Arts, and the Animation Workshop in Denmark. His comics have been published by Slate, Fusion, American Public Media, popsci.com, KQED, IDEO, The Center for Constitutional Rights, UNHCR, UNRWA, UNICEF, and Buzzfeed. He was a recipient of the 2018 Berkeley Civic Arts Grant and was the 2019, 2021, and 2023 Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park Artist-in-Residence. He works in a garret room in South Berkeley and comes from the sea.

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