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You probably use a pencil almost every day. Did you know that the 'lead' in pencil is really a mineral called graphite? And that China and Mexico are two countries with large graphite deposits? Read this book to learn more about how pencils are manufactured and how they end up in the hands of people in countries around the globe.|Index|Sources for further research|Glossary of key words|Informative sidebars|Table of contents|Author/Illustrator biography|The Global Products series introduces readers to important concepts needed to understand their place in the global economy of the 21st Century. The titles in the series both inform and challenge, encouraging the young reader to consider everything from where the components of a product are made, to the long-term impact of globalization on the world in which they will grow up in.