Panama Canal [Cornerstones of freedom]by Benoit, Peter 

BTSB Prebound(Children's Press, 2014)

BTSB #: 111285 Available

Dewey: 972.87/NAges: 10-13   
AR: 7.4 MG RC: 10.2 6-8 Lexile: 1080

Genres:

Subjects: Canals Panama Canal (Panama) - History Canal Zone

Summary: In 1881, French developers began an attempt to build a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Learn about the difficulties faced in planning and building the Panama Canal.

What is the Panama Canal? [What Was?]by Pascal, Janet B. 

Paperback(Penguin Workshop, 2017)

BTSB #: 694983 Available

Dewey: 972.87/NAges: 8-12   
AR: 5.9 MG RC: 5.6 3-5 F&P: X

Genres:

Subjects: Canals - Panama - Design and construction - History Panama Canal (Panama) - History Canal Zone - History

Summary: Before 1914, traveling from the East Coast to the West Coast meant going across the entire United States. To go by sea involved a long journey around South America and north along the Pacific Coast. In a dangerous and amazing feat of engineering, a 48-mile-long channel was dug through Panama, creating the world's most famous shortcut: the Panama Canal!