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1) Rocks
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Buddy likes looking at and collecting rocks. Mama suggests they visit the local nature center. They hike the Blue Diamond Trail to five rock stops. They meet Roxie, a Rock Ridge Ranger. Buddy learns lots about bedrock, erosion, and how rocks are formed. He finds out many surprising things about rocks.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Think rocks are boring? Hard to like? Kinda just sit there, doing nothing? Why even write a whole book about them?? Bethany Barton will tell you why ... because we wouldn't be here if there were no rocks! From the Grand Canyon to volcanoes to diamonds and fossils, geology--the study of rocks--shows us where we've been and where we're going. With tons of humor and scores of fascinating facts, Bethany Barton introduces younger readers to geology and...
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
A survey of the earth's rocks and minerals explores some of the ways they have been transformed into usable materials from talcum powder to silver jewelry, in a reference complemented by a bonus activity suggestion.
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What type of rock starts inside a volcano? What kinds of rocks have sparkles inside them? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this amazing book about rocks! Perfect for reading together, this book features simple, predictable text for beginner readers accompanied by more difficult text and vocabulary for grownups to read aloud." --
10) A rock is lively
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Introduces readers to rocks and minerals, describing how they are created, what they can be used for, and their different forms and types.
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"When Charlotte receives a pet rock for her birthday, she doesn't expect it to become her best friend, and she really doesn't expect what happens next"--
12) I love rocks
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
A child rhapsodizes about rocks from big to small and precious to commonplace.
13) Petra
Author
Publisher
Tundra
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
North American edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A little rock who believes she is a mountain has her perspective changed by a series of movements, including a dog playing fetch, a bird's nest, a pond, and a little girl.
16) Ed and Kip
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elephants Ed and Kip play with a rolling rock.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
96 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Turtle really likes standing in his favorite spot. He likes it so much that he asks his friend Armadillo to come over and stand in it, too. But now that Armadillo is standing in that spot, he has a bad feeling about it . . . This book is a meditation on the workings of friendship, fate, shared futuristic visions, and that funny feeling you get that there's something off somewhere, but you just can't put your finger on it. -- Provided by publisher....
19) Rock collecting
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[1984]
Physical Desc
28 pages : color illustrations ; 18 x 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explains how to start a rock collection and how to recognize igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Author
Publisher
Minnesota Historical Society Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
On a backpacking trip with her aunt and uncle, a young girl collects rocks while hiking in the forest, by the river, and at the lake, but when her pack becomes too heavy too carry, she finds the perfect solution.
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