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Introduces readers to various rocks and minerals and the role they play in revealing what life was like long ago.

Introduces children to the earth's rock cycle, explaining how rocks are transformed into one of the three rock classifications, igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, and describes the properties of each type.

A beautiful stone that has lain in the forest for thousands of years is split in two, and one half goes on a long journey through many places, many owners, and many transformations, its heart continually breaking as it longs for home.

Poses and answers twenty questions about the nature of rocks. Discusses their study, formation, types, and weathering.

Explains how to identify over 500 minerals. Includes a glossary of terminology.

Describes the physical characteristics of rocks and soils and explains how they are formed.

Presents a children's study of rocks, where they are found, what they say about the earth, fossils that are found in rocks, and how people use different rocks.

An introduction to rocks and minerals that explains what they are, how they are formed, and how they are used in everyday life and provides simple experiments using rocks and minerals to help readers understand the scientific concepts presented.

This book uses simple, hands-on experiments with rocks to teach readers how the scientific method works.

Rudie the origami dinosaur explains the different kinds of rocks and how they are formed to her friend the stick man.

A guide to over 400 rocks and minerals.

An illustrated fact book on rocks and minerals, providing information on how they are formed, where they can be found, how to identify them and what they are used for.

Ms. Frizzle's class goes on a field trip to the western U.S. in order to study rocks and minerals.

Illustrations and simple text explore rocks and minerals, covering kinds of rocks, finding fossils, minerals, and more.