Children's Book and Media Review
Volume 38 | Issue 4
Article 7
2017
Scholastic Discover More: Rocks and Minerals
Aylea Stephens
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Stephens: Scholastic Discover More: Rocks and Minerals
Book Review
Title: Scholastic Discover More: Rocks and
Minerals
Author: Dan Green
Reviewer: Aylea Stephens
Publisher: Scholastic Reference
Publication Year: 2013
ISBN: 9780545505116
Number of Pages: 112
Interest Level: Primary, Intermediate
Rating: Excellent
Review
Rocks and minerals are the building blocks of our world. Full of high-quality pictures, this book details
the basics of the rocks and minerals that make up the earth. It is divided into four sections: Inside
Earth, Remarkable Rocks, Magnificent Minerals, and Glorious Gems. It contains details about mining,
notable formations, uses of rocks and minerals in modern technology, mineral poisoning, and other
things besides basic rock identification and formation. A key in the back helps readers identify rocks
to see if they are igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic, and to identify the most common kinds of
rocks. It also contains a free e-book about rock collecting so that interested readers can continue learning about geology.
For students who want a general introduction to geology or students who are looking for information
in something that they are interested in, this book is a great educational resource. The high-color
photographs help illustrate what the rocks and minerals look like and why they are important to an
ordinary person’s life. Sometimes the pages don’t have a logical flow of information to take the reader
from one thing to the next, so people looking for a specific piece of information may have a challenge
to find it. For general reading a page at a time, however, the book will provide a lot of information on
rocks and minerals for interested students, parents, and teachers.
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