Packed with facts and tantalising anecdotes from experts and bursting with colour photographs, learn all about rocks and minerals in this fresh take on the subject that kids with love.
"Hey, rock hounds! This books is packed with solid knowlegdge alongside the wackiest and weirdest facts about your rockin' world. From amazing caves to marvelous meteorites, from gold and silver to tufa and travertine, Weird but True Know-It-All: Rocks & Minerals offers you Earth-shattering weirdness for this world and beyond." -- Back cover.
Offers information about sapphires, rubies, fossils, granite, quartz, and sandstone. This book gives an introduction to geology, where kids will learn how rocks form, what kinds of rocks there are in the world, how to find different kinds of rocks, and how to identify them.
Learn all about the origins and ways to classify rocks, minerals, and gems, including the shiniest, most useful, and most dangerous rocks and minerals on the planet. Find out everything you've ever wanted to know about the rocks and minerals under our feet and deep in the Earth's crust. Budding geologists will love reading about how rocks form, the names of the coolest rocks and minerals, and rare and beautiful gemstones. Packed with weird-but-true facts and tons of cool info, this Level 3 reader explores the incredible world of geology. National Geographic Fact Readers feature the same expert-vetted running text as traditional readers--with a bonus 100 fun facts sprinkled throughout! A fact roundup at the end of each book lets kids review what they've learned. (Plus, they can impress their friends with their rocks and minerals expertise!)
From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling.