Let's Go Rock Collecting (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science: Stage 2 (Pb))

Gans, Roma

ISBN 10: 0780772601 ISBN 13: 9780780772601

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 1997

Synopsis

Read and find out about rocks and rock collecting in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book.

Readers follow two enthusiastic rock hounds around the globe as they add to their collection. Along the way they will learn how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. From the Egyptian pyramids to Roman roads, from the diamond ring on a finger to the pebbles under your feet, rocks are everywhere! 

This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are:

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About this title

About the Author

The late Roma Gans was a
co-founder of the Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science series.
How Do Birds Find Their Way?,
illustrated by Paul Mirocha, is one of her many titles.

Holly Keller is also the
illustrator of From Tadpole to Frog by Wendy Pfeffer and Who Eats What? by Patricia Lauber. She lives in West Redding, CT.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 3. More than just the title has been changed in this updated edition of Gans's Rock Collecting (Crowell, 1984). The topics are the same?basic rock formation; the characteristics of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks; the uses of rocks in the past (Roman roads, Egyptian pyramids) and the present (cement); and, finally, a bit about rock collecting. The excellent diagrams, full-color photographs of specimens, and minor textual changes clarify the concepts (for example, Mohs' scale of hardness) and extend the presentation. Gans barely introduces collecting rocks in the field and organizing and storing them, but the pair of youngsters featured in Keller's brightly colored illustrations certainly convey the joys of being a rock hound.?Carolyn Angus, The Claremont Graduate School, CA
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0780772601
• ISBN 13: 9780780772601
• Binding: Library Binding
• Illustrator: Keller Holly
• Number of pages: 31