Discover how nature is transformed into more than sixty things we eat, drink, play with, wear or use every day.

Introduction -- Fun and games -- Baseballs -- CSs -- Chewing gum -- Dolls -- Footballs -- Guitars -- Marbles -- Neon signs -- Plastic dinosaurs -- Ship in a bottle -- Soccer balls -- Surfboards -- Teddy bears -- Whistles -- Around the house -- Aluminum foil -- Books -- Car litter -- Crayons -- Cutlery -- Dental floss -- Dry pet food -- Erasers -- Matches -- Mirrors -- Pencils -- Plastic wrap -- Pottery -- Soap -- Stick on bandages -- Toothpaste -- Wax candles -- Wire -- Soup to nuts -- Bread -- Cereal -- Cheese -- Chocolate -- Cola -- Fortune cookies -- Ice cream -- Jellybeans -- Ketchup -- Licorice -- Milk -- Pasta -- Peanut butter -- Potato chips -- Salt -- Tap water -- Tea -- Yogurt -- Cover-ups -- Blue jeans -- Cotton -- Polyester -- Rayon -- Running shoes -- Silk -- Wool -- Work gloves -- Back to basics -- Aluminum -- Brick -- Cement -- Glass -- Iron and steel -- Lumber -- Paper -- Petroleum -- Plastic resins -- Recycling -- Rubber -- Glossary -- For more information -- Acknowledgements -- Index.