Book Description
This fun book illustrates and discusses 15 varieties of rocks and minerals (such as basalt, slate, limestone, marble), 5 kinds of fossils (such as clams, wood, plants), and 7 kinds of arrowheads and artifacts (such as gunflints, knives, axes). The chapters include information to help kids find these specimens on a nature walk. The text explains what it looks like, where to find it, and what it is used for. Detailed and true-to-life illustrations help kids identify them. Includes activities and scrapbook pages for notes. This is a perfect book for children ages 7 to 10.
About the Author
Laura Evert has a degree in journalism and is a nature book editor and freelance writer of several wildlife publications. She has written four other children's books for NorthWord Press: Eagles, Sharks, Whitetail Deer, and Wolves. She lives in Rhinelander, Wisconsin. Illustrator Linda Garrow has degrees in fine and commercial arts. She has illustrated other books for NorthWord Press, including Frogs, Toads and Turtles; Tracks, Scats and Signs; Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies; Rabbits, Squirrels and Chipmunks; Snakes, Salamanders and Lizards; and Trees, Leaves and Bark. She lives in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Rocks,Fossils and Arrowheads FROM THE PUBLISHER
This fun book illustrates and discusses 15 varieties of rocks and minerals (such as basalt, slate, limestone, marble), 5 kinds of fossils (such as clams, wood, plants), and 7 kinds of arrowheads and artifacts (such as gunflints, knives, axes).
The chapters include information to help kids find these specimens on a nature walk. The text explains what it looks like, where to find it, and what it is used for. Detailed and true-to-life illustrations help kids identify them. Includes activities and scrapbook pages for notes.
This is a perfect book for children ages 7 to 10.
Author Biography: Laura Evert has a degree in journalism and is a nature book editor and freelance writer of several wildlife publications. She has written four other children's books for NorthWord Press: Eagles, Sharks, Whitetail Deer, and Wolves. She lives in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Illustrator Linda Garrow has degrees in fine and commercial arts. She has illustrated other books for NorthWord Press, including Frogs, Toads and Turtles; Tracks, Scats and Signs; Caterpillars, Bugs and Butterflies; Rabbits, Squirrels and Chipmunks; Snakes, Salamanders and Lizards; and Trees, Leaves and Bark. She lives in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
John F. McGee has a masters degree in fine arts and specializes in nature and wildlife. He has illustrated many other books for NorthWord Press, including: Wilderness Remembered, Special Gifts, Sea Turtles, Bison, Pandas for Kids and Butterflies for Kids. He lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.
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