Backpack Explorer: Rock Hunt

The latest addition to the best-selling Backpack Explorer series (455,000 in print) invites kids ages 4 and up to head out on a rock-collecting adventure. Colourful activity pages, along with the magnifying glass (included in book) challenge kids to search for and identify a variety of rocks, minerals, and fossils; learn introductory geology; stack, sort, and craft with rocks; and record their rock hunting finds using the fold-out log page and enclosed sticker sheets.

The latest addition to the best-selling Backpack Explorer series (455,000 copies in print) invites kids ages 4 and up to head outside and find, collect, and learn about rocks with this take-along activity book! Backpack Explorer: Rock Hunt is packed with prompts and activities, including: 12 interactive field guide pages introducing rock classifications (colour, shape, size, texture); sensory scavenger hunts; hands-on outdoor creative activities; rock experiments; and discovery zone pages with facts about geology, landforms, igneous and metamorphic rocks, gems, fossils, and more. The book includes a real magnifying glass, stickers, and a log for recording rock finds, making it the perfect explorer guide for budding geologists, whether in a backyard, a city park, or a nature preserve.

AGES: 4 to 7

SELLING POINTS:
• Kids love rock collecting and this introductory book encourages them to develop their observational skills and appreciate the rich variety of shapes, colours, types, and sizes of rocks
• The Backpack Explorer books tap into kids' natural curiosity and make early science learning and fun and accessible with full-colour, highly photographic field guide pages, sensory games, nature scavenger hunts, and hands-on science activities

Includes magnifying glass, stickers and write-in log pages.

ISBN: 9781635865530
Author: STOREY PUBLISHING
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 01/04/2023
RRP: $19.99
Pages: 48
Dimension: 236mm X 188mm
Imprint: Storey Publishing