Steven M. Hoffman

Fossils are an incredible link to plants and animals that lived millions of years ago. For this reason, fossils such as dinosaur bones have long fascinated kids. This book offers uncomplicated and engaging explanations of what exactly fossils are, how they form, and what their position in rocks teaches us about Earth's past.

Tree roots splitting a rock apart is an example of weathering, while a glacier pulling rocks along in its path is erosion. This book offers many examples of these two processes and outlines the key role they play in the rock cycle.

Rocks are all around us, and all kids have picked them up to study their different shapes and sizes. This book gives kids the tools to know what they are looking at when they do so. It offers tips on identifying rocks and excellent background information about how rocks form. Armed with this knowledge, any reader can become a budding geologist.