America at Work: Mining - Softcover

Love, Ann; Drake, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 155337424X ISBN 13: 9781553374244

Publisher: Kids Can Press, 2002

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author:

Jane Drake, with her co-author and sister Ann Love, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works usually have an environmental flavor. Jane lives in Toronto.

Ann Love, with her co-author and sister Jane Drake, has co-authored many award-winning non fiction books for kids including The Kids Book of the Night Sky, The Kids Book of the Far North, The Kids Cottage Book, and most recently, Alien Invaders: Species that Threaten Our World. Their works always have an environmental flavor. Ann lives in the Toronto area.

Pat Cupples is a children's illustrator whose many books include The Math Book for Girls and Other Beings Who Count and The Technology Book for Girls and Other Advanced Beings. She lives in Toronto, Ontario.

Review:

... colorful, descriptive, and detailed; the cheerful watercolor illustrations make otherwise dry subjects interesting.―School Library Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 155337424X
• ISBN 13: 9781553374244
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Cupples Pat