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Caves and caverns

Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gibbons, Gail
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	San Diego : Harcourt Brace, c1993.
Edition:	(Voyager Books, 1996)
Subjects:	Caves > Juvenile nonfiction
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Summary:	Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 23 x 28 cm.
ISBN:	0152268200 9780152268206 0785799656 (Voyager) 9780785799658 (Voyager)
Author Notes:	Gail Gibbons was born in 1944 in Oak Park, Illinois. She received a degree in graphic design from the University of Illinois. She got a job doing artwork for television shows in New York City. She was eventually offered a job creating art for a children's show, where some of the children asked her if she had ever considered doing a children's books. Her first book, Willy and His Wheel Wagon, was published in 1975. Since then she has written and illustrated more than 170 non-fiction books for children including Nature's Green Umbrella: Tropical Rain Forests. (Bowker Author Biography)