Researching Rocks

Informationen zum Autor Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about the history, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut. Klappentext Rocks can be made of many different minerals. By looking at rocks closely, we can tell where they were formed and what conditions they were created in. How do we know these things? And how do we tell different types of rocks apart? Learn about ways to research rocks and what they can teach us about our world.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Walker, Sally M Walker, Sally M. Walker
• Publisher: LERNER PUBL group
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 8 to 11
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9781467707930
• ISBN: 978-1-4677-0793-0
• No. of pages: 40
• Series: Searchlight Books: Do You Dig Earth Science?; Searchlight Books: Do You Dig; Do You Dig Earth Science Searchlight Books; Searchlight Books (TM) -- Do Y; Searchlight Books: Do You Dig; Searchlight Books - Do You Dig Earth Science?
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > Natural science, technology; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > General, dictionaries