Soil (A True Book: Natural Resources)

by Christin Ditchfield

Overview

Learn about the many ways in which humans use, abuse, and try to protect the soil.

Readers (Grades 3-5) will find out about the thin coating of soil that covers most of the Earth's land areas, what can be found beneath the soil, as well as soil types.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780516293684
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2003
Series:	A True Book
Pages:	48
Sales rank:	358,342
Product dimensions:	7.25(w) x 8.38(h) x (d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 10 Years

About the Author

Christin Ditchfield is a former preschool and elementary school teacher. She's now a popular speaker and host of the internationally syndicatedinspirational radio program " Take It to Heart!" A prolific writer of magazine articles and columns for CBA publications, she's also the author of nearly 50 books, including "A Family Guide to " The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Cowlick! "is her first picture book. She lives in Sarasota, Florida. Rosalind Beardshaw has illustrated dozens of picture books for the British and European market since she graduated from MancheC

Table of Contents

	What Is Soil?	5
	Digging Deeper	14
	Types of Soil	24
	What Is Next?	32
	To Find Out More	44
	Important Words	46
	Index	47
	Meet the Author	48