This book os engaging and factual. It is reader-friendly and provides activities to do with rocks that deepen the readers understanding.

The book is easy to show and understand because of its many helpful features including page numbers, It talks about many things in the book such as things that are hard soft smooth rough and much more. ( )

This book helps kids learn about rocks. Through rocks, kids learn about making groups, how to count, science facts, etc. This helps their personality development because it can help them learn to weigh evidence and make choices by grouping features of different rocks

Ages 5-9. Excellent book to introduce children to the rock cycle, the three types of rocks and basic geology. Concise easy to understand text will engage children. ( )

Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough by Natalie M. Rosinsky comprehensively focuses on rocks. The book is easy to navigate because of its many helpful features including page numbers, a table of contents, a glossary, a rock chart, an index, and a further reading page that features books and websites. There is also a fun fact on each page to engage the students in the topic. On most of the pages, there are repetitive phrases like, “You might see,” or “If you see,” to help students make connections from the text to their personal experiences. Many of the pictures are labeled to help with identification. For example, the obsidian and granite are labeled to help differentiating different types of rocks. Rosinksy uses exciting and descriptive language when writing about rocks. She says that rocks, “tell tales of creatures that swam, slithered, or crept” (p. 16). Typically nonfiction is not considered exciting, and this type of language really helps it come alive. It is important to learn about what is all around us because it plays such an important role in shaping out world. ( )