Ultimate Explorer Field Guide: Rocks and Minerals

By Nancy Honovich

Paperback

Published on Feb 9, 2016 | 160 Pages

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Grades 3–7
Ages 8–12

This fun, photo-filled, fact-packed guide to rocks and minerals will get kids outside to discover the amazing world underneath their feet. Created for the ultimate explorer, this book gives kids the knowledge and skills they need to identify just about anything they dig up and become true rock hounds. With tons of info and interactivity prompts, it’s the perfect companion for backyard or field trip, camping and vacation. Durable and portable, it’s just right for pocket or backpack.

"In this attractive introduction to geology, this entry in the Ultimate Explorer Field Guide series offers a wealth of facts and color photos of elemental formations, gem stones, fossils, and other rock types, as well as guidance for amateur rock hunters." —Booiklist

ISBN 9781426323010 (Paperback)
Published on Feb 9, 2016
Published by National Geographic Kids
Pages 160
Dimensions 5-1/8 x 7-9/16
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: IG1050L | Fountas/Pinnell: X

ISBN 9781426323027 (Hardcover Library Binding)
Published on Feb 9, 2016
Published by National Geographic Kids
Pages 160
Dimensions 5-1/8 x 7-9/16
Age Range 8-12 years
Grade Grades 3-7
Reading Level Lexile: IG1050L | Fountas/Pinnell: X

Nancy Honovich

NANCY HONOVICH is the author of many articles, short stories, and books for children that explore a wide range of subjects, from knights and inventors to animals all over the world. She works as an editor in New York City.

Expert reviewer DR. JENNIFER R. HOUSER WEGNER is a research scientist in Penn Museum’s Egyptian section and adjunct assistant professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania. She served as keeper of the museum’s Egyptian section from 1996 to 2000. Dr. Wegner has contributed to numerous publications and presented at several annual meetings of the American Research Center in Egypt and at the International Congress of Egyptologists in Cambridge, U.K. She has also served as epigrapher/artist on expeditions to Bersheh, Saqqara, and Abydos in Egypt. She earned her B.A in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania and doctorate from Yale University.