Children's Nonfiction Environmental Conservation & Protection
Gulf Oil Spill
- Publisher
- Crabtree Publishing Company
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2011
- Category
- Environmental Conservation & Protection, General, Disasters
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 11
- Recommended Grade
- 4
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780778716259
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $9.95
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780778715924
- Publish Date
- Apr 2011
- List Price
- $25.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781427196200
- Publish Date
- Mar 2012
- List Price
- $25.95
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This up-to-date new book describes the alarming events of 2010 after an oil rig toppled over in the Gulf of Mexico releasing millions of gallons of oil into the water. The largest accidental oil spill in history, it killed untold numbers of wildlife, poisoned over a hundred miles of coastal land, and devastated the commercial fishing and tourism industries in an area still reeling from the destruction wreaked by Hurricane Katrina.
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Gulf Oil Spill (Disaster Alert!)
This up-to-date new book describes the alarming events of 2010, after a blowout on an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico released millions of gallons of oil into the water. The largest accidental oil spill in history, it killed untold numbers of wildlife, poisoned over 100 miles of coastal land and devastated the commercial fishing and tourism industries in an area still reeling from the destruction wreaked by Hurricane Katrina.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Fall, 2012.