Talking Rocks and Minerals: Fact-Packed Guide to Geology
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Talking Rocks and Minerals: Fact-Packed Guide to Geology
Talking Rocks and Minerals: Fact-Packed Guide to Geology
For fans of Ricky, the Rock That Couldn’t Roll comes a delightful nonfiction picture book told from the perspective of rocks - offering a fun and informative view of geology, straight from the source.
For fans of Ricky, the Rock That Couldn't Roll comes a delightful nonfiction picture book told from the perspective of rocks—offering a fun and informative view of geology, straight from the source.
Let's talk rocks. No, let's let rocks talk!
Pebble the Rock Reporter is ready to interview a whole host of rocks and minerals to get the scoop on the fundamentals of geology.
Rocks and minerals have lots to tell us, and they are ready for their close-up!
Explaining how different rocks and gemstones form from minerals, this quirky nonfiction picture book is full of fun facts and puns galore—a great gift for any young rock collector or rock lover. Rock on!
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780593890950
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 01 July 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S.
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Matthew Carlson
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 9.0mm
Width: 236.0mm
Height: 238.0mm
Weight: 323g
Pages: 32
About the Author
Paige Towler is a children's book author and poet living in Washington, DC. She loves writing scary stories, tales about animals, and nonfiction facts about the weird and wonderful world around us. Her previous picture books include Mysterious, Marvelous Octopus! (National Geographic Kids), Baby Bat Bedtime (Smithsonian Institution/Sleeping Bear Press), Yoga Animals (National Geographic Kids), and more. Matthew Carlson is an illustrator, game designer, and graphic designer in Northern California. He studied art and English literature at the University of California, Berkeley. He's illustrated projects for Robert Mondavi Wines, Facebook, and Twitter, and is currently the director of UX Design for Education, Fonts, and Drawing & Painting at Adobe. Originally from Seattle, Washington, Matthew now lives in Marin, California, with his partner, two kids, two dogs, and a growing collection of rocks.
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