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A Rock Can Be . . .
By Laura Purdie Salas and Violeta Dabija
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A rock is a rock, part of cliff, road or sea. But now can you guess what else it can be?
A rock can be a…dinosaur bone, stepping-stone, hopscotch marker, fire sparker. Find out about the many roles a rock can play in this poetic exploration of rocks around the world.
Laura Purdie Salas's lyrical, rhyming text and Violeta Dabija's glowing illustrations make simple yet profound observations about seemingly ordinary objects and encourage readers to suggest "what else it can be!" Using metaphors for a leaf (tree topper / rain stopper), a rock (hopscotch marker / fire sparker), and water (thirst quencher / kid drencher), these insightful picture books creatively highlight a variety of roles and relationships in nature.
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Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas is the author of more than 135 books for kids, including If You Were the Moon, Lion of the Sky, theCan Be… series, and Bookspeak! Poems about Books. Poetry and rhyming nonfiction books are her favorite things to write. Laura loves to do author visits, writing workshops, and teacher inservices. Read more about Laura and her work at laurasalas.com.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The story shows the connections between all of the things a rock can be. It shows the reader that a rock is something as big as the Earth and as small as a grain of sand. It presents the concepts in a way that all readers can grasp yet gives them an opportunity to explore more complicated vocabulary in the appendix. With all of the interest in "mining" games, I could see this as a great addition to a children's library.
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