"The latest addition to the Backpack Explorer series invites kids ages 4 and up to head outside and find, collect, and learn about rocks with this take-along activity book! Backpack Explorer: Rock Hunt is packed with prompts and activities about geology, landforms, gems, fossils, and more"--

Describes in simple language the composition, formation, and structure of different types of rocks and minerals.

Buddy likes looking at and collecting rocks. Mama suggests they visit the local nature center. They hike the Blue Diamond Trail to five rock stops. They meet Roxie, a Rock Ridge Ranger. Buddy learns lots about bedrock, erosion, and how rocks are formed. He finds out many surprising things about rocks.

"When Charlotte receives a pet rock for her birthday, she doesn't expect it to become her best friend, and she really doesn't expect what happens next"--

"It's a beautiful day in Deanville, and the gang is presented with a new challenge. How will the kids solve this difficult new task? And how does a Greek mathematician play an important role? Think like an engineer and read The Mighty Lever Endeavor to find out"--

"For generations Arizona's Picture Rocks -- magnificent and virtually inaccessible cliffs -- sheltered the Jores from the long arm of the law. The Jores have recently come into the possession of Black Wing, one of the finest stallions ever bred in America. When three race-track fanatics -- a melancholy, saddle-born cowboy, the Reno Kid; the flashy gambler, Race Coulter; and the shrewd race horse breeder, Luke Chartres -- enter that stronghold determined...

Explains how to start a rock collection and how to recognize igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks.

Discusses the nature, significance, and uses of rocks, how they change over time, and what they reveal about the Earth and its history.

When a young boy finds a rock that had floated through space and landed on Earth millions of years earlier, he writes a letter to NASA asking them to return it to the heavens.