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 kinesthetic learning activity. In Level 2 books readers complete a Cloze letter, or fun fill-in, with vocabulary words.

KATHY WEIDNER ZOEHFELD is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College, in?South Hadley, Massachusetts, and University of Michigan Ann Arbor where she decided to put her science degrees to use by writing nonfiction books for kids. Since then she has written over 60 natural science and history books for young readers, and been awarded?honors by the NSTA/CBC, the NCSS/CBC, the American Association for the Advancement of?Science, the American Library Association, the IRA/CBC Children’s Choice.?When she’s not reading, researching, writing, or editing, Kathy loves to spend her free?time exploring, doing field work, and preparing fossils in the laboratory for her local natural?history museums.

這是對親情溫暖的致敬與贊頌，正是親情鼓勵十個小腳趾不斷邁出每一步。
——《書單》
塔普利想嬰兒以及他們能夠激發愛的神奇力量致敬。
——《柯克斯評論》
塔普利利用輕柔的語調將寶寶的那些難忘時刻娓娓道來，馬克•布朗更是用巧妙的色彩和圖案晚期咋耍，給熟悉的童年場景帶去新的溫暖和贊美。
——《出版人周刊》