Follett Content Book Detail: I, Rock : a Geology Tale by Slivensky, Katie

I, Rock : a Geology Tale

Author: Slivensky, Katie

Follett Number: 2708HG5
Audience: Lower Elementary
Publisher: Beach Lane Books, 2025
Format: 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm
ISBN-13: 978-1-66594-036-8
ISBN-10: 1-66594-036-0
LCCN: 2024-033516
Dewey: 552
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Creative Nonfiction
Earth Sciences
Picture Books
Rocks
Includes bibliographical references. "Rock tells his sensational, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious, geological tale to a group of eager students"--Provided by publisher.

From the publisher:
"Rockhounds will delight in finding out how rocks are born" (School Library Journal, starred review) in this charmingly funny and thoroughly informative nonfiction picture book told from the perspective of a proud four-billion-year-old rock. Rock tells his sensational, sometimes harrowing, sometimes hilarious, geological tale to a group of eager students. From his humble beginnings beneath Earth's crust, to a volcano blast that propelled him onto land, to the storms and earthquakes and dinosaur encounters and deep-sea adventures that finally bring him to the bottom of a student's shoe, come discover what makes Rock rock! Detailed informational sidebars and extensive backmatter are the cherry on top of this illuminating and accessible crash course in geology.

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