Pettiford, Rebecca

"In this book, readers will learn about the unique chemical makeup that creates minerals . . . full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage readers as they learn more about the characteristics that can be used to identify minerals"--Provided by publisher.

"In this book, readers will learn how the more than 600 different kinds of igneous rock all form from magma . . . full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage readers as they learn about igneous rocks and where on Earth they are found"--Provided by publisher.

Simple text and color photographs show children as part of different types of families.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to basking sharks. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to lemon sharks. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will learn about the layers of minerals and other rocks that compress and form sedimentary rocks.

Readers will learn how intense heat and pressure changes rock so completely it becomes metamorphic rock.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to floods. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.