Gold Fever by Verla Kay

This was an excellent book to teach children about the gold rush in a fun way. The story is told through rhymes in the form of a poem. The illistrations made the text come alive! There were detailed illistrations of all the things the men seeking gold were doing and seeing throughout their journey. By looking at the illistrations the reader can learn so much more about the time period and the experience of the gold rush without even reading the text! I really liked how there was never any white on any of the pages. Even the extra space on each page had a "antique" look making the book look old.