A Rock Is Lively (Aston/Long Nature Books)

by Dianna Hutts Aston (Author) Sylvia Long (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
From the award-winning creators of "An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, " and "A Butterfly Is Patient" comes a gorgeous and informative introduction to the fascinating world of rocks. From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, an incredible variety of rocks are showcased in all their splendor. Full color.
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Starred Review

Gr 3-6—Another beauty from Aston and Long, creators of the equally eye-catching An Egg Is Quiet (2006), A Seed Is Sleepy (2007), and A Butterfly Is Patient (2011, all Chronicle). This time they take on the seemingly sedentary world of rocks and minerals, showing them to be anything but (when you know your geology). Boiling underground, freezing in space, colorful or drab, enormous or minuscule, health food (grits for gizzards), tools for prehistoric man and modern chimps, canvas for paleolithic art or construction material for the Taj Mahal-rocks get around. Aston's quiet text follows their morphings from magma to various incarnations and back again, while Long's meticulous, elegant watercolors record their astounding diversity. Rocks are "surprising" as geodes. They are "creative" when viewed as pigments for a prehistoric palette. Rocks are "lively." A handsome piece of bookmaking from the artistically rock-strewn cover to the glorious azurite endpapers, this is an elegant window into the hitherto static existence of rocks and minerals. Eye-catching and eye-opening.—Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NY

Copyright 2012 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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"Another beauty from Aston and Long... Eye-catching and eye-opening." -School Library Journal, starred review
Dianna Hutts Aston
Dianna Hutts Aston is the author of many books for children and is the founder of the nonprofit foundation for disadvantaged children, The Oz Project. She lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Sylvia Long is the illustrator of many best-selling books for children, including Sylvia Long's Mother Goose and Hush Little Baby. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband and their dogs.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781452106458
Lexile Measure
1110
Guided Reading Level
P
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication date
August 20, 2012
Series
Aston/Long Nature
BISAC categories
JNF037060 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Rocks & Minerals
Library of Congress categories
Minerals
Rocks
Grand Canyon Reader Award
Nominee 2014 - 2014
New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
Winner 2014 - 2014

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