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23) Sedimentary rock
Author
Publisher
Raintree
Pub. Date
[2007]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
24) Minerals
Author
Publisher
Crabtree
Pub. Date
[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes what minerals are, where they are found, how they are mined, and how they are used.
25) Rock
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Explains where rock can be found, how rock can look, and how rock is used.
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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.
32) Rocks & minerals
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Science writer Seymour Simon explains to readers the different types of rocks and minerals with facts and full-color photographs. Readers will learn how to identify and classify various kinds of stones, such as granite, sandstone, basalt, quartz, and crystal.
33) Rock cycle
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Rocks are not as solid as they seem. Instead they break, wash away, melt, and undergo lots of squeezing, which causes big changes. Earth's movements and its weather ensure rocks are recycled over and over again, like a glass bottle or aluminum can might be. Learn more about Earth's recycling process: the rock cycle. -- Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides information about different types of rocks and where they are found, and explains what can be learned from the study of rocks. Includes an identification chart, and activities.
This book discusses the different types of rocks, such as igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic.
Author
Publisher
QEB Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
For those with curious minds starting to take note of the world around them, the basic materials from which our planet is made raise a multitude of questions. What are rocks and minerals? Why are there so many different kinds? From the way that rocks are formed to identifying gem stones, My Little Book of Rocks provides the answers for budding geologists, using clear, concise text along with full color illustrations and photographs.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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...
38) Rocks
Author
Publisher
Heinemann Raintree, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Provides a simple introduction to rocks, discussing different rocks, exploring how and why they have formed, how they have changed over time, their appearance and properties
Presents information about rocks, describing where they are found, the three main types, how they change over time, and their practical uses.
Author
Publisher
Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Describes what rocks and minerals are."--
Almost as old as our planet, rocks are formed and shaped by heat, wind, water, and immense amounts of pressure. You can see the evidence of their long and violent history in their color, shape, and texture. In addition to rocks, Earth is full of minerals. In fact, rocks themselves are made out of minerals. These are naturally occurring solids found in the earth.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A stone is not just a stone. A stone is a story. Journey across history to see how one stone changes and transforms, from magma, oozing under Earth's crust, to sand ground down by a rushing river, to the heart of a mountain. Watch what happens when rain,ice, and wind mold this rock into something new, something you might even hold in your hand and imagine all that is left for the stone to become. Leslie Barnard Booth weaves captivating prose to answer...
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