This book is part of a book series called Reading Essentials in Social Studies .

This book has been graded for interest at 8-12 years.

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2004 by Perfection Learning .

Joanne Mattern is the author of more than 125 books for children. She resides in New York, where she frequently participates in writing and speaking engagements with school and community groups.