Laura Purdie Salas & Violeta Dabija
A Rock Can Be ...
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.
Millbrook Press
Non-Fiction Picture Book
Age 4+
32 pp
hc | 248 x 248 mm
Publication: March 2015
Author: Laura Purdie Salas
Illustrator: Violeta Dabija
All rights available, excl. Chinese (simpl. & compl.), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish
- Poetic exploration of nature
- Inviting children to guess and think for themselves
Awards
- NYC Reads 365 Recommended Reading List, Winner, 2017
“…this beautiful picture book makes an excellent classroom read-aloud, challenging children to puzzle out the ideas in the poetic phrases and to broaden their thinking about rocks.” —Booklist, 1 January 2015
“Purchase for your rock hounds or where the earlier books in this series are popular.” —School Library Journal, 1 January 2015
“The economy of language and breadth of imagination suggests a broad audience for this wide-ranging and inventive exploration.” —Kirkus Reviews, 15 December 2014
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