SCIENCE
Tomecek, Steve

Dirtmeister's Nitty Gritty Planet Earth: All About Rocks, Minerals, Fossils, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Even Dirt!

(4) 4-6 Illustrated by Fred Harper. A zany bearded geologist and his rodent sidekick, Digger, lead readers through informative descriptions of numerous topics in the earth sciences, from geologic time to earth materials to natural disasters and plate tectonics. Bright spreads cram in a multitude of features: fictional cartoons of the characters' escapades, color photographs and diagrams, scientist bios, and "Dirtmeister's Nugget" sidebars with facts in dizzying fonts. Ind.

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