Think of all the rocks there are: skipping rocks, splashing rocks, climbing rocks, and wishing rocks. Children can’t help collecting them. With joyful, poetic text and luminous photographs, If You Find a Rock celebrates rocks everywhere—as well as the mysterious and wonderful places they are found.
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From Publishers Weekly
Hand-tinted black-and-white photographs lend a timeless quality to this contemplative picture book. No feldspar or quartz is categorized hereDrather, Christian (The Bookstore Mouse) muses on a variety of rocks that children typically encounter, such as flat "skipping" rocks ("you toss it out in the water just so and see it trip across the surface, making a chain of spreading rings") to a "wishing rock ("with a stripe running all the way round it... it must circle all the way. You whisper what you want before you throw it"). Christian imbues her words with a childlike sense of wonder that lifts the everyday to the extraordinary, a transformation intensified by superb book production. Hewing to an earth-toned palette, Lember's (A Book of Fruit) photos are spare and uncluttered, alternating between tightly focused shots (small hands holding various stones, for instance) with broader pastoral vistas, such as a boy leaping from rock to rock across a creek. A slight soft-focus effect helps suspend the subjects in timeDdespite the backpacks and sneakers, these children could be from any era. The book's design is exemplary as well; the words are matted against broad swaths of white space, while the glossy sheen of the photographs stands out vividly. A work of art in every regard. Ages 6-9. (Apr.)
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From School Library Journal
Grade 1-4-Since the dawn of time, humans have found rocks, stones, and pebbles to be subtly alluring. In a poignant, lyrical text, Christian contemplates the magnetism of an assortment of such serendipitous discoveries. From drawing ephemeral runes on the sidewalk with a "chalk rock" to the satisfying slither of a handful of "sifting rocks" and the exaltation of a "climbing rock," these common but beguiling objects are wondered about ("-you might find a rock with a stripe running all the way round it-You have a wishing rock, and you whisper what you want before you throw it"). Each two-page spread includes at least one of Lember's softly hand-tinted photos that eloquently reflect the evocative text. Insert this gem into an earth-science unit and watch as certain students drift from igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock, and the Mohs' scale to look at their specimens with wide, remembering eyes.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
By E. Young
Format:Hardcover
This wonderful book is a great way to begin a lesson on rocks and minerals! It's imaginative and beautifully written. My third grade class loved it! I will use it every year to begin our inquiry-based science unit on rocks and minerals! The creative way to classify rocks was a very nice way to begin the topic of rocks and minerals with the students! We even started our own collection, using Christian's unique way of classifying them!
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By A. Hopkins
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What a marvelous book. It grabs and hold your interest and the interest of my 1, 3, and 6 year old. We borrowed this from the library and today I am purchasing it online. This well written book shows the joy of rocks. Most of us have at one time or another have kicked a rock in front of us. Now you can learn why! Many of us have sat on a rock and now we see why it was such a perfect place to sit. Introduce your children to the wonders of the world around them with this exceptional book. Now I am on a mission to find any other books by this author. This is not a rock identification book, but rather a book that teaches observation and appreciation of rocks.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Since I was a little boy, long, long ago, I have had a fascination for rocks. As I grew older I cannot count the hours I have spent in creek beds, hill sides, fields and on dirt roads, first with my children, then with my four grandsons, looking for, talking about, wondering about and simply "seeing" rocks. This wonderful small volume says it all and captures the beauty of rocks and the beauty of children as they explore and expierence them. The lyrical prose/verse that tell the story of rocks is a pure joy to read. The photographs of children and rocks will touch anyone who who enjoys the company of small children and of rocks. Barbara Hirsch Lember has done a wonderful, artistic job with her camera and technique and Peggy Christian has given us some very impressive text. This is simply a well done and beautiful book and I am quite sure that you and your child or grandchild will get as much pure joy from it as I have. I do highly recommend you add this one to your library. I like another reviewer, first check this one out at the library but then went ahead and purchased my own copy. Read it and enjoy!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sweet Book
This is a sweet book. But it is a poem book. It does not label kinds of rocks and does not serve as reference book. I will use this to introduce rocks next year. Read more
Published 15 days ago by Beth Wynn
5.0 out of 5 stars
My boys and I really like this book
We like rocks and we like this book. We also like the book "Everyone needs a rock." Thanks for a great book.
Published 1 month ago by John Ruby
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fills kids with ideas
Photographs demonstrate all this things you can do with a rock such as skipping and making rings in the water. This is an excellent example of literary/ narrative non-fiction. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Glenajo
5.0 out of 5 stars
requested by 4th gr teachers
well accepted by teachers and a great 4th grade reading book, per the students.
used with our Earth Materials FOSS kit.
used with our Earth Materials FOSS kit.
Published 4 months ago by Science kit mngr
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT FOR YOUNG KIDS
THIS BOOK IS GREAT FOR KISDS 5 OR 6 AND YOUNGER, WRITTEN AND THE PICTURES BOTH ARE DONE GREAT. THANK YOU
Published 4 months ago by WALTER FREDERICK PARKHURST JR
5.0 out of 5 stars
great for teachers
perfect for creative and descriptive writing lessons
finding something special in the simplest of things
can lend itself to a great hands-on lesson
finding something special in the simplest of things
can lend itself to a great hands-on lesson
Published 4 months ago by Robin Kenneally
5.0 out of 5 stars
A kid friendly rock book
This book talks about rocks not from the scientific viewpoint but from a kid's point of view, making it great for a younger child
Published 4 months ago by cynthia r betzold
1.0 out of 5 stars
If you find a rock
It was a ok book, I thought it works better for a display book. Pictures are nice the message okay I thought it needed a little more.
Published 5 months ago by nancy alvarez
5.0 out of 5 stars
Romance of Rocks
Not science and boring, but personal and magic. For youngsters who throw rocks and like them, to lead them further into how neat rocks are. Read more
Published 6 months ago by susan lord
5.0 out of 5 stars
I You Find a Rock
This is a beautiful book, both in content and photographs. It is written with imagination and sensitivity. Excellent for home or school.
Published 7 months ago by MT Magpie
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