Product Description: Readers will delight in the high-interest educational topics addressed in this book, which is aligned to the 2nd grade Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts. Age-appropriate language, vivid imagery, and a relatable narrative will grab students' attention, keeping them engaged while also equipping them with the skills they need to become thoughtful readers...read more

Look up close at rocks, minerals and sparkling gems to unravel the clues to classify and identify them. Find out how they were formed, where in the world they're found and how to start your own rock collection.DK Adventures is a nonfiction series for kids ages 8-11 featuring visually rich theme spreads, and fascinating facts that help kids build their skills in vocabulary, grammar, comprehension, and critical thinking while developing a love of reading. Designed to keep interest high, build knowledge, and enrich the reading experience with fascinating background information, each title in the DK Adventures series is filled with information yet eminently accessible, and available in a wide range of kid-favorite topics including rain forests, animals, rocks, and shipwrecks.

Product Description: Text and photographs introduce rocks and some of their sizes, shapes, and uses.

Product Description: Beginner's Guide to Minerals and Rocks is the most comprehensive, full-color guide to rocks and minerals for beginner rock hounds all over the world. As curator of minerals at the Canadian Museum of Nature, Joel Grice has brought the museum's collection to world-class status through astute purchases and annual collecting trips all over the world...read more

Product Description: Rocks can be fun! This nature guide is perfect for the new reader! Learn how to identify many common rocks by reading about their traits and seeing photos of them. Readers will be excited to start naming the rocks they see in the world around them.

Product Description: An essential reference book for amateur geologists and palaeontologists, revealing how rocks and fossils form, sites and habitats, classification and a visual directory. Features over 1200 photographs for easy identification, plus more than 800 artworks.

Product Description: Explore Rocks and Minerals! offers kids ages 6–9 a fascinating introduction to geology. It investigates the geological forces that create and transform rocks, outlining the life cycle of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks, and what they can tell us about the earth...read more

Product Description: Explorers are encouraged to dig in and get dirty while learning about Earths many rocks and minerals. Abundant iron and the rare diamond are only the surface of whats discovered. Readers unearth what Earth is made of and learn how we use those ingredients in our everyday lives...read more

Product Description: "In this book, young readers will learn about famous rocks throughout history"--

Product Description: Learn about the incredible world beneath your feet - igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, precious metals and beautiful crystals. Fascinating facts are accompanied by practical step-by-step projects that show you how to test rocks for hardness, simple soil analysis, make your own fossils, look at erosion, create crystals, and much more...read more

Product Description: Introduces igneous rocks, discussing their characteristics; types; the rock cycle; how they are formed, classified, identified, and used; and landforms that are composed of them.

Product Description: This is the ultimate photographic guide to the world of rocks and minerals, and how to build a collection, featuring over 800 stunning photographs and artworks. This is the ultimate visual encyclopedia of rocks and minerals, with a directory of over 300 specimens...read more

Product Description: New in paperback! Where do pebbles come from? How were they made? This book tells the story of a pebble, from its origins in a fiery volcano 480 million years ago to a busy, modern landscape. Readers follow the processes of rock formation and erosion that create new pebbles all over the world...read more

Product Description: Rock explores what rock is, where it comes from, how its made, what its properties are, and what it is used for.