How We Use Soil
- ISBN-10
- 141090606X
- ISBN-13
- 9781410906069
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-05
- Publisher
- Heinemann-Raintree Library
- Author
- Carol Ballard
Description
Describes what soil is made of and the many uses people make of it.
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