Designed to attract first readers to non-fiction, this series presents popular topics through a combination of illustrations and photographs linked by a simple, carefully controlled text and captions. Each book includes a "Things to do" section, glossary and index. This book looks at the earth's valuable energy resource from beneath the ground. Jacqueline Dineen is an experienced author of children's information books, including "Volcanoes" in the "Natural Disasters" series.

 

This is volume 30 in First Start .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1995 by Hachette Children's Group .

J Dineen is an experienced author and has written many books for Watts including some of the titles from the popular First Starts series.