The Pebble in My Pocket: A History of Our Earth by Meredith Hooper, illustrated by Chris Coady, Viking, Penguin Books USA, New York, NY 1996
The time line of a single pebble, that formed as lava cooled 480 million years ago and ends up in a little girl's pocket when she picks it up in a field in the modern world, includes a glimpse of the many diferent ages in the history of the earth.
Rocks & Minerals by Neil Morris, Crabtree Publishing Company, New York, 1998
An introduction to the study of rocks and minerals, their types, origins, and use.
Rocks & Minerals by Dr. R. F. Symmes and Dr. Wendy Kirk, Dorling Kindersley, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York, NY 1998
With text and photographs this book examines the creation, importance, erosion, mining, and uses of rocks and minerals in a bit more detail than the book sharing the same name listed above.
Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Minerals: A simplified field guide to common gems, ores, and other rocks and minerals by Frederick H. Pough, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1991
This is a pocket sized guide to identification of common rocks and minerals for the beginning rock collector.
Rock Collecting by Roma Gans, Illustrated by holly Keller, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, NY 1984
This book explains how to start a rock collection and how to recognize igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.
Rocks in His Head by Carol Otis Hurst, pictures by James Stevenson, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2001
The story of a young man who has a lifelong love of rock collecting that eventually leads him to work at a science museum.
A Look at Rocks: From Coal to Kimberlite by Jo S. Kittinger, Franklin Watts, A division of Grolier Publishing, New York, NY, 1997
A description of the formation and appearance of rocks, the changes they undergo, and how to start a collection. It includes a list of related books for further study and a list of related web sites.
Earthshake: Poems From the Ground Up by Lisa Westberg Peters, pictures by Cathie Felstead, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, NY, 2003
Twenty-two poems about geology, illustrated in collage. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape.
Rocks and Fossils by Chris Pellant, Kingfisher, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 2003
An introduction to rocks and fossils, including how they are formed and where they can be found. It includes a few easy related projects for children
If You Find a Rock by Peggy Christian, photographs by Barbara Hirsch Lember, Harcourt, Inc., San Diego, CA, 2000
A celebration of the variety of rocks that can be found, and things a child can do with them, including skipping rocks, chalk rocks, and splashing rocks.
Secrets in Stones by Rose Wyler and Gerald Ames, photographs by Gerald Ames, Four Winds Press, New York, NY, 1972
An answer to where stones come from, what they are made of, about their origins, and a bit about fossils.
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