The photographs and clear text, in this series of books tell the young reader how the earth's natural resources are extracted and prepared for their many everyday uses. This book about rock and stone aims to promote awareness of the need to conserve natural resources. The book also includes notes for teachers and parents. The "Find Out About" series of books is intended to complement the "Abouts" series.

 

This is volume 10 in Find Out About .

This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 32 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1994 by Hachette Children's Group .

Henry Pluckrose is an expert author, with a great deal of experience writing for young children He is author of the Let's Explore, Machines at Work, Picture a Country and Senses series for Watts.