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Let's Go Rock Collecting

by Roma Gans · 1997

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science, Stage 2 series

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Holly Keller has created vivacious new paintings for this favorite Reading Rainbow title about geology. Readers follow two enthusiastic rock hounds around the globe as they add to their collection. Along the way they will learn how sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous rocks are formed. From the Egyptian pyramids to Roman roads, from the diamond ring on your finger to the pebbles under your feet'rocks are everywhere!

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picture bookschildrens
Length
short · 32 pages

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