GOLD Booklist for Kids

Elementary School

• Gold (A True Book)

  By Salvatore Tocci
  For young readers (grades 1-3), this introduction to gold describes its value and historic and contemporary uses as well as interesting facts.
  Children's press/Scholastic, 2005. ISBN 0-516-25570-3

• Gold (Rocks, Minerals and Resources series)

  by Ron Edwards and James Gladstone
  With its special emphasis on gold, this book describes the search for mineral resources and the techniques used to extract them. Ages 9-12. 
  Crabtree Publishing Company, 2004. ISBN: 0778714454
  Rocks and Minerals (True Books: Earth Science) (Paperback)

• A Look at Minerals: From Galena to Gold (First Books)

  by Jo S. Kittinger
  Also for 9-12 year olds, this playfully-designed book contains 5 chapters: Magnificent Minerals, Matchless Metals, Power of Crystals, Earth's Treasure Chest, and Work it Out. Vocabulary words are called out. The appearance, composition, geologic formation and utilization of minerals are detailed.
  Franklin Watts, 1999. ISBN: 0531159256

• Lost Treasure of the Inca

  by Peter Lourie
  Third to fifth graders can follow a contemporary treasure hunter as he searches for 750 tons of Incan gold thought hidden from Spanish conquistadors in the Lllanganati mountains of Ecuador.
  Boyds Mills Press, 1999. ISBN: 1-56397-983-7

• Rocks and Minerals (DK/Google E.Guides)

  by Steve Parker, illustrated by Rod Ferring 
  Aimed at ages 9-12, this book contains colorful, useful illustrations about the geologic processes involved in the formation of rocks and minerals. It details the history of mineral exploration and the use of minerals in ancient civilizations through modern times.
  DK Children, 2005. ISBN: 0756611407

• Rocks and Minerals (True Books: Earth Science)

  by Anne O. Squire
  This book for begins by exploring the rocks around us and then describes the formation of minerals. It includes material about geologic processes and the rock cycle. Grades 3-5.
  Children¹s Press, 2002. ISBN: 0516269852

Middle and High School

• Crystals and Crystal Growing

  by Alan Holden and Phyllis Morrison
  This book is an excellent source for learning about crystals and their formation. It suggests crystal experiments using inexpensive and easy to obtain materials. 
  MIT Press, 1982. ISBN: 0262580500

• Gold: From Greek Myth to Computer Chips

  by Ruth Kasinger
  This beautiful book introduces the use of gold objects in ancient civilizations from the Egyptians onward. It explores the mythology and magic of the quest for gold and described both gold formation and extraction. It has an excellent index for further exploration.
  21st Century, 2003. ISBN: 0761321101