Rocks & Minerals
(Hardback)
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Publishing Details
Rocks & Minerals
By (Author) Seymour Simon
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
21st August 2017
United States
Classifications
Children
Non Fiction
Educational: Geography
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Science and technology
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world
552
Physical Properties
Hardback
48
Width 262mm, Height 262mm, Spine 12mm
480g
Description
Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon digs deep to discover rocks and minerals, with fascinating facts and stunning full-color photographs in his new nonfiction picture book. Readers will learn all about rocks and minerals, how they are formed, crystals, fractures, Mohs scale of hardness, rock collecting, and more.
Includes:
o Authors note
o Stunning full-color photographs
o Glossary
o Index
o Website and additional reading sources
o Series thumbnails on back cover
Author Bio
Seymour Simon has been called the dean of the [children's science book] field by the New York Times. He has written more than 300 books for young readers and has received the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Lifetime Achievement Award for his lasting contribution to children's science literature, the Science Books & Films Key Award for Excellence in Science Books, the Empire State Award for excellence in literature for young people, and the Educational Paperback Association Jeremiah Ludington Award. He and his wife, Liz, live in Upstate New York. You can visit him online at www.seymoursimon.com.
