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Moving across time and changing shape with the shifting surface of the earth, the poetic text and...
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Moving across time and changing shape with the shifting surface of the earth, the poetic text and stunning illustrations combine to be an informative and unique take on the rock cycle. Crrr-ack! A boulder falls from a mountain and cracks into cobbles, which transform into pebbles, then granules, then sand, and silt. What began as a mountain in the clouds forms a mountain in the ocean... and the cycle begins again. Extra nonfiction content at the back of the book gives readers a more in-depth look at how scientists classify different rock sizes. GORGEOUS ROCKS THROUGHOUT TIME: Follow a rock through the millennia where readers will not only encounter some very cool rock formations, but also travel through time saying hello to dinosaurs, turtles, fish, birds, and more fascinating creatures. NATURE BOOK FOR EVERYONE: Stunning collage illustrations combined with poetic text transport readers, young and old, to the beauty of the outdoors, instilling a life-long love of nature. FOR THE YOUNGEST GEOLOGISTS: Mountain, Boulder, Pebble, Sand is a gorgeously written and illustrated introduction to erosion and the rock cycle. Perfect for:
Author: Rebecca Van Slyke
Publisher: Post Wave
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.40h x 9.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9798895090886
Audience: Ages 4-8
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/21/2026
Booklist 10/01/2026
About the Author
Rebecca Van Slyke is the author of many picture books, including Lexie the Word Wrangler, Mom School and Dad School, Lana Lynn Howls at the Moon, and more. Her books have received multiple starred reviews, and have been chosen for spotlighting by Junior Library Guild, CBC Hot Off the Press, Booklist Lasting Connections, Chicago Public Library's Best of the Year, and a B&N National Story Time selection. Lexie the Word Wrangler was a Western Writers of America Spurs Award finalist and a Missouri Association of School Librarians Reader Award nominee. Rebecca is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts's MFA program. She lives with her family in Washington state where she is a second-grade teacher. Danielle Ridolfi is a picture book illustrator and scholar. She is the recipient of the 2024 Ezra Jack Keats / Kerlan Memorial Fellowship from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. She holds an MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She uses collage and printmaking in her work. Danielle's debut picture book, When the Dark Clouds Come, is due to be published in 2025. Danielle currently teaches college courses about picture book illustration and children's studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and writes about visual culture.
- Parents, grandparents, and caregivers of children who love nature and the natural world
- Teachers and librarians looking for a poetic STEM picture book on the rock cycle
- Anyone who loves rocks!
- Readers of When you Find the Right Rock, A Stone Sat Still, A Rock Is Lively, and Stalactite & Stalagmite
Author: Rebecca Van Slyke
Publisher: Post Wave
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 11.40h x 9.90w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9798895090886
Audience: Ages 4-8
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 09/21/2026
Booklist 10/01/2026
About the Author
Rebecca Van Slyke is the author of many picture books, including Lexie the Word Wrangler, Mom School and Dad School, Lana Lynn Howls at the Moon, and more. Her books have received multiple starred reviews, and have been chosen for spotlighting by Junior Library Guild, CBC Hot Off the Press, Booklist Lasting Connections, Chicago Public Library's Best of the Year, and a B&N National Story Time selection. Lexie the Word Wrangler was a Western Writers of America Spurs Award finalist and a Missouri Association of School Librarians Reader Award nominee. Rebecca is a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts's MFA program. She lives with her family in Washington state where she is a second-grade teacher. Danielle Ridolfi is a picture book illustrator and scholar. She is the recipient of the 2024 Ezra Jack Keats / Kerlan Memorial Fellowship from the Ezra Jack Keats Foundation. She holds an MFA in Illustration and Visual Culture from the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Kent State University. She uses collage and printmaking in her work. Danielle's debut picture book, When the Dark Clouds Come, is due to be published in 2025. Danielle currently teaches college courses about picture book illustration and children's studies at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and writes about visual culture.
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