Category: Class Resources

Type: Non-fiction

Audience: Children (8-12 years-old)

Available languages: English and Thai

Publishers: UNESCO and Sarakadee Publishing (Viriyah Business Co., Ltd.)

Over the centuries, people have discovered the secrets of the tropical plants that we now know as “spices”. They flavor food, cure illnesses, color lives and honor gods and ancestors. Have you heard about the “spice trade”? Do you know that Southeast Asia was the centre of spice production and trade? Do you know that some spices were more valuable than gold? Let’s find out about their secrets! It is amazing that people traveled across the world to acquire them and how they influenced the history, ideas and relationships between people in Southeast Asia and the world.nt in many cultural traditions. Let’s discover the world of this fascinating plant.

Type: Non-fiction

Audience: Children (8-12 years-old)

Available languages: English and Thai

Publishers: UNESCO and Sarakadee Publishing (Viriyah Business Co., Ltd.)

People in Southeast Asia like to eat rice. We eat rice everyday, but do we all eat the same kind of rice? Rice is actually more than food. It is a central element in many cultural traditions. Let’s discover the world of this fascinating plant.