From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists of tomorrow!

This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced, skilled children's book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. Level 1 books reinforce the content of the book with a kinaesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words.

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This book features in the following series: National Geographic Kids Readers-Level 2, National Geographic Readers .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-10 years. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 2012 by National Geographic Kids .

KATHLEEN WEIDNER ZOEHFELD has been a children's books editor and writer for thirty years and have always kept one eye on curriculum needs, especially in science. She has written other books in the National Geographic Kids Readers series including, Dinosaurs and Rocks and Minerals .