What Was the Gold Rush? (What Was?)

by Joan Holub (Author) Tim Tomkinson (Illustrator)

What Was the Gold Rush? (What Was?)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: What Was?
In 1848, gold was discovered in California, attracting over 300,000 people from all over the world, some who struck it rich and many more who didn't. Hear the stories about the gold-seeking "forty-niners!" With black-and white illustrations and sixteen pages of photos, a nugget from history is brought to life!
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Joan Holub
Joan Holub has authored and/or illustrated over 140 children's books, including the Goddess Girls series, the Heroes in Training series, the New York Times bestselling picture book Mighty Dads (illustrated by James Dean), and Little Red Writing (illustrated by Melissa Sweet). She lives in North Carolina and is online at JoanHolub.com.

Daniel Roode is an illustrator and designer who draws inspiration from his French heritage, mid-century modern design, pop art, and nature. Daniel creates the bulk of his art digitally, an appropriate medium for his clean yet tactile aesthetic that has a distinct joie de vivre. He resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his amazing wife Laura and their two funny cats.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780448462899
Lexile Measure
680
Guided Reading Level
Q
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
February 07, 2013
Series
What Was?
BISAC categories
JNF025200 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States/19th Century
Library of Congress categories
History
19th century
Frontier and pioneer life
California
Social life and customs
Gold mines and mining
Gold discoveries
1846-1850

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