<p>Author -&nbsp;Steve Tomecek</p><p><div id="legalEUAtf_feature_div" class="celwidget" data-feature-name="legalEUAtf" data-csa-c-id="ys38qs-ouzy7g-7qfyg-65vdk3" data-cel-widget="legalEUAtf_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div><div id="globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div" class="celwidget" data-feature-name="globalStoreInfoBullets" data-csa-c-id="gwsdkd-7ozw4o-72quuf-ywyk8v" data-cel-widget="globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div><div id="edpIngress_feature_div" class="celwidget" data-feature-name="edpIngress" data-csa-c-id="n8gmfl-oefocu-ugndn8-23sf3v" data-cel-widget="edpIngress_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"></div><div id="richProductInformation_feature_div" class="celwidget" data-feature-name="richProductInformation" data-csa-c-id="tsvf25-q6ljz8-s5wihv-uqwuol" data-cel-widget="richProductInformation_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"><div id="rich_product_information" class="a-section a-spacing-none celwidget" data-csa-c-id="x1a6mf-wz5o7x-gthhmk-f7dcee" data-cel-widget="rich_product_information" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 0px;"></div></div></p><div id="bookDescription_feature_div" class="celwidget" data-feature-name="bookDescription" data-csa-c-id="253ix8-7jwkvd-cmao2t-cumv9r" data-cel-widget="bookDescription_feature_div" style="box-sizing: border-box; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: 2; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; margin-bottom: 10px !important;"><div aria-live="polite" data-a-expander-name="book_description_expander" data-a-expander-collapsed-height="140" class="a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container" style="box-sizing: border-box; width: 683px; overflow: hidden; position: relative; max-height: 140px; margin-bottom: 12px !important;"><div aria-expanded="false" class="a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content" style="box-sizing: border-box; overflow: hidden; position: relative;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 14px;">Kids will gravitate to Steve Tomecek's humorously illustrated guide, which surveys the earth's astounding variety of rocks and minerals and the fascinating ways people have transformed them into usable materials.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: -4px 0px 0px;">From talcum powder to silver jewelry, it all comes from inside this great big rock we live on. A high-interest topic for youngsters as well as an important segment of the elementary science curriculum, this book is in a kid-pleasing format and includes a bonus activity.</p></span></div></div></div>