Recommended Reading List on Caves & Caverns, Gold and Gold Mining

RECOMMENDED READING
CAVE & CAVERN RELATED BOOKS The books in this list correspond to the subjects in our lesson plans, just click on a link to take you to a specific category, or scroll down the page to see every listing: cavern geology \| cave life \| people & caves	GOLD & GOLD MINING RELATED BOOKS Click on a link to take you to a specific category, or scroll down the page to see every listing: student gold rush books \| teacher gold rush books \| teacher gold mining books \| student mineral & geology books
Cavern Geology Caves & Caverns – an activity book by Kate Coder, Audrey Taylor, and Ann Molosky Lincoln Caverns, Inc. ©1990 pages 2-5, 29 Caves by Stephen Kramer Carolrhoda books, Inc. ©1995 pages 8-28 OurPlanet – Caves by Susan Rigby Troll Associates ©1994 pages 4-17 Looking Inside Caves & Caverns – X-Ray Vision series By Ron Schultz John Muir Publications, ©1993 pages 4-10, 20-38 Caves – The Wonders of our World series By Neil Morris Crabtree Publishing Co. ©1996 pages 4-15 Speleology - Caves and the Cave Environment by George W Moore and Nicholas Sullivan Cave Books, 64,78,97 pages 7-78	Student Gold Rush Books How Would You Survive in the American West? ©1995 by Jacqueline Morely, David Antram and David Salariya Published by Franklin Watts 48 pages A Kaleidoscope Kids Book: Going West! Journey on a Wagon Trail to Settle a Frontier Town by Carol A. Johmann & Elizabeth J. Rieth © 2000 by Williamson Publishing Company 96 pages Life in the Old West Life of a Miner by Bobbie Kalman & Kate Calder ©2000 Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com 32 pages Life in the Old West Gold Rush by Bobbie Kalman ©1999 Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com 32 pages Life in the Old West Wagon Train by Bobbie Kalman ©1999 Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com 32 pages Life in the Old West Women of the West by Bobbie Kalman & Jane Lewis ©2000 Crabtree Publishing Company www.crabtreebooks.com 32 pages My Name is America The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung A Chinese Miner, California 1852 ©2000 by Laurence Yep Published by Scholastic Inc. 185 pages Seeds of Hope: A Dear America Book The Gold Rush Diary of Susanna Fairchild California Territory, 1849 ©2001 by Kristiana Gregory Published by Scholastic Inc. 182 pages Cornerstones of Freedom The California Gold Rush ©1995 by R. Conrad Stein Published by Childrens Press, Chicago 32 pages Patty Reed's Doll The Story of the Donner Party by Rachel K. Laurgaard ©1956 Caxton Printers, Ltd.
Cave Life Caves & Caverns – an activity book by Kate Coder, Audrey Taylor, and Ann Molosky Lincoln Caverns, Inc. ©1990 pages 2-5, 29 Caves by Stephen Kramer Carolrhoda books, Inc. ©1995 pages 8-28 Our Planet – Caves by Susan Rigby Troll Associates ©1994 pages 4-17 Looking Inside Caves & Caverns – X-Ray Vision series By Ron Schultz John Muir Publications, ©1993 pages 4-10, 20-38 Caves – The Wonders of our World series By Neil Morris Crabtree Publishing Co. ©1996 pages 4-15 Speleology - Caves and the Cave Environment by George W Moore and Nicholas Sullivan Cave Books, 64,78,97 pages 7-78
People & Caves Caves & Caverns – an activity book by Kate Coder, Audrey Taylor, and Ann Molosky Lincoln Caverns, Inc. ©1990 pages 2-5, 29 Caves by Stephen Kramer Carolrhoda books, Inc. ©1995 pages 8-28 OurPlanet – Caves by Susan Rigby Troll Associates ©1994 pages 4-17 Looking Inside Caves & Caverns – X-Ray Vision series By Ron Schultz John Muir Publications, ©1993 pages 4-10, 20-3 Caves – The Wonders of our World series By Neil Morris Crabtree Publishing Co. ©1996 pages 4-15 Speleology - Caves and the Cave Environment by George W Moore and Nicholas Sullivan Cave Books, 64,78,97 pages 7-78 Caving By Steven Boga Stackpole Books 97 pages – 1-157 (spelunking), 158-174 (conservation) Adventure of Caving – A Beginner's Guide For Exploring Caves Softly and Safely By David McClurg D&J Press 86 pages 30-218 (spelunking), 18-28 (conservation) Caving Basics – A Comprehensive Guide for Beginning Cavers, Third Edition G Thomas Rea National Speleological Society 82, 87, 92 pages – all (spelunking)	Teacher Gold Rush Books Humbugs & Heroes A Gallery of California Pioneers by Richard H. Dillon ©2003 James Stevenson Publisher 362 pages Days of Gold The California Gold Rush & the American Nation by Malcolm J. Rohrbough ©1997 by The Regents of the University of California Published by the University of California Press 353 pages Rush for Riches Gold Fever & the Making of California ©1999 by J. S. Holliday Co-published by the Oakland Museum of California & the Univeristy of California Press 355 pages They Saw the Elephant Women in the California Gold Rush ©1941 by Jo Ann Levy Published by the University of Oklahoma Press 265 pages No Rooms of Their Own Women Writers of Early California 1849 - 1869 Edited by Ida Rae Egli ©1997 published by Heydey Books
	Student Mineral and Geology Books A Kaleidoscope Kids Book (winner of the Teachers' Choice Award) Geology Rocks! 50 Hands-On Activities to Explore the Earth ©1999 by Cindy Blobaum Published by Williamson Publishing 96 pages Rocks & Minerals Discover the Story of the Earth's Rocks & Minerals - Their Creation, Variety & Uses in Everyday Life by Dr. R. F. Symes & the staff of the Natural History Museum, London ©2000 Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Books The Usborne Internet-Linked Library of Science MATERIALS www.usborne.com by Alastair Smith, Phillip Clarke & Corinne Henderson ©2001 Usborne Publishing Ltd 64 pages


	Teacher Gold Mining Books Gold Mining in the 21st Century The Complete Book of Modern Gold Mining Procedures ©2000 by Dave McCracken Published by Kenne Engineering Co. 279 pages