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Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book

By Dan Green
Series: DK Our World in Pictures
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Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book by Dan Green is a visually engaging guide that introduces children to the fascinating world of rocks, minerals, and gemstones. It features stunning photography and informative details about how these natural wonders are formed, their uses, and their role in everyday life. This book is designed to spark curiosity and encourage young readers to explore the geological treasures of our planet.
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Format: Hardback
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You might enjoy this book if you have a budding geologist at home who loves to explore and learn about the natural wonders of the Earth. Featuring stunning photographs and fascinating facts, this book is a treasure trove of information about rocks, minerals, and gems, perfect for curious young minds eager to discover more about the natural world.

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Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book

Packed full of photos of natural wonders, including rocks, minerals, gems, shells and fossils. This title displays more than 1,200 full-colour specimens, from sapphires and rubies to silver and pearl, revealing the qualities of each material and how it is used in industry, architecture, art and science.

Treasures of the natural world.

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Treasures of the natural world

Dig deep to discover our rocky planet, packed with natural wonders.

Earth's extraordinary minerals, gems, shells, and fossils are all on dazzling display in this essential visual encyclopedia for children. Feast your eyes on the ultimate treasure trove that any pirate would envy. More than 1,000 stunning photographs showcase rocks and gems in glorious detail, ensuring you can recognise sedimentary from sandstone, metamorphic from marble, and pyrite from pearl. The unique qualities of each eye-catching material are described in-depth, together with their broad range of uses in art, industry, architecture, and science.

Keep your eyes open for rainbow rocks, fluorescent minerals, priceless diamonds, and meteor showers on your geological journey of discovery. Meet dinosaurs in the prehistoric period to understand how fossils form, join the pyramid builders of ancient Egypt to investigate the limestone bricks, and take a dip in the ocean on the hunt for clams, cowries, and cockles.

Treasure seekers, get set to start your own collection with The Rock and Gem Book.

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Our World in Pictures: The Rock and Gem Book by Dan Green is praised for its vibrant illustrations and engaging content, making it an appealing educational resource for children. Reviewers appreciate its ability to captivate young readers' interest in geology and gemstones, noting that it’s both informative and visually appealing. It's considered a great tool for sparking curiosity and expanding knowledge about nature.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241228135

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 May 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: DK Children

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 8.0mm

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 274.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 192

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Dan Green Penguin Books Series: DK Our World in Pictures

About the Author

Dan Green is the original concept creator, author and illustrator of the Busy Day series. Dan has over 25 years' experience illustrating and designing a wide variety of children's books for a range of clients and publishers.

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