Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Rocks and Minerals

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Paperback
$14.99 US
5.42"W x 7.62"H x 0.48"D  
On sale Feb 09, 2016 | 160 Pages | 9781426323010
Grades 3-7
Reading Level: Lexile IG1050L | Fountas & Pinnell X

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This fun, photo-filled, fact-packed guide to rocks and minerals will get kids outside to discover the amazing world underneath their feet. Created for the ultimate explorer, this book gives kids the knowledge and skills they need to identify just about anything they dig up and become true rock hounds. With tons of info and interactivity prompts, it's the perfect companion for backyard or field trip, camping and vacation. Durable and portable, it's just right for pocket or backpack.
NANCY HONOVICH is the author of many articles, short stories, and books for children that explore a wide range of subjects, from knights and inventors to animals all over the world. She works as an editor in New York City.

Expert reviewer DR. JENNIFER R. HOUSER WEGNER is a research scientist in Penn Museum's Egyptian section and adjunct assistant professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as keeper of the museum's Egyptian section from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Wegner has contributed to numerous publications and presented at several annual meetings of the American Research Center in Egypt and at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cambridge, U.K. She has also served as epigrapher/artist on expeditions to Bersheh, Saqqara, and Abydos in Egypt. She earned her B.A in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and doctorate from Yale University. View titles by Nancy Honovich
"In this attractive introduction to geology, this entry in the Ultimate Explorer Field Guide series offers a wealth of facts and color photos of elemental formations, gem stones, fossils, and other rock types, as well as guidance for amateur rock hunters." -- Booiklist

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This fun, photo-filled, fact-packed guide to rocks and minerals will get kids outside to discover the amazing world underneath their feet. Created for the ultimate explorer, this book gives kids the knowledge and skills they need to identify just about anything they dig up and become true rock hounds. With tons of info and interactivity prompts, it's the perfect companion for backyard or field trip, camping and vacation. Durable and portable, it's just right for pocket or backpack.

Author

NANCY HONOVICH is the author of many articles, short stories, and books for children that explore a wide range of subjects, from knights and inventors to animals all over the world. She works as an editor in New York City.

Expert reviewer DR. JENNIFER R. HOUSER WEGNER is a research scientist in Penn Museum's Egyptian section and adjunct assistant professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as keeper of the museum's Egyptian section from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Wegner has contributed to numerous publications and presented at several annual meetings of the American Research Center in Egypt and at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cambridge, U.K. She has also served as epigrapher/artist on expeditions to Bersheh, Saqqara, and Abydos in Egypt. She earned her B.A in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and doctorate from Yale University. View titles by Nancy Honovich

Praise

"In this attractive introduction to geology, this entry in the Ultimate Explorer Field Guide series offers a wealth of facts and color photos of elemental formations, gem stones, fossils, and other rock types, as well as guidance for amateur rock hunters." -- Booiklist

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