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Tomecek, Steve

Everything Rocks and Minerals

64 pp. | National | October, 2011 | Library ISBN 978-1-4263-0801-7 $25.90 | Paper ISBN 978-1-4263-0768-3 $12.95
(4) 4-6 With Carsten Peter. Tomecek covers factual information about rock types, rock formation, and mineral properties, with a great deal of emphasis on human uses for a variety of earth materials. The overly bright, busy layouts include good color photographs and text boxes with commentary from "extreme" photographer Peter, who has experienced many of the geologic phenomena. Several basic experiments are also included. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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