Rocks and Minerals: Things to Find, Collect, and Treasure (My Book of)

by Devin Dennie (Author)

Rocks and Minerals: Things to Find, Collect, and Treasure (My Book of)
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Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: My Book of
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A highly visual children's reference that explains what rocks and minerals are, how they form, and how they're used, as well as highlights astounding record breakers and amazing facts. My Book of Rocks and Minerals is filled with fascinating information about and amazing images of rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils from the deepest caves to outer space. Features introduce different categories, from crystals to glow-in-the-dark minerals, and illuminating high-resolution images offer a closer look at awesome geological formations. Kids can take their fascination one step further and use the catalog and activity pages to help them collect and group rocks, and to discover how different rock types fit into the world around them.Colorful, educational, and entertaining, My Book of Rocks and Minerals gives kids the expert geology knowledge they crave and will have them digging deep to discover all they can about rocks, minerals, gems, and fossils.
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Aspiring "rock hounds" are the kinds of readers Dennie is after in this broad introduction to the diversity of rocks, minerals, and gems on Earth. After initial spreads devoted to rock hunting and starting a collection, Dennie moves on to discuss dozens of rocks and minerals (in one nifty visual, bits of yellow, red, and blue crayons are compressed, combined, and melted in different ways to demonstrate how igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks vary). Vibrant photographs provide close-up looks at the vivid coloring and dramatic crystalline structures of fluorite, mica, topaz, and more. Small sidebars succinctly define relevant terms such as luster and transparency, and the images are annotated with intriguing details ("Turquoise crystals have no definable shape") that supplement each section's introductory text. A solid primer that should have many readers looking at the ground in a new light. Ages 6-9. (July)

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"A solid primer that should have many readers looking at the ground in a new light." -Publishers Weekly
Devin Dennie
Dr. Devin Dennie is writer, producer, and host of the show Geology Kitchen. He received his PhD from the University of Oklahoma in Geology & Geophysics. Dr. Dennie has worked on a large variety of educational television, video, and documentary projects, including Oklahoma Rocks! (2008), RockHounds: The Movie (2005), and North Texas Explorer: Hollywood Comes to Texas (2008).
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781465461902
Lexile Measure
960
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
DK
Publication date
July 11, 2017
Series
My Book of
BISAC categories
JNF037060 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals
Library of Congress categories
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