America at Work: Mining

By Ann Love and Jane Drake

Book Overview

This book from the America at Work series introduces young children to the people, machines and environmental concerns involved in the resource-based industry of mining. In Mining, kids explore an underground mine, a surface coal mine and an oil drilling site. Combining fact and fiction with colorful illustrations, the story delivers an early lesson in appreciating and protecting our natural resources.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 155337424X
• ISBN13: 9781553374244
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 9.1" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5