Reading Rocks!
Preschool through 2nd Grade

Visit the Youth Services "Ask Here" desk for help in finding these “rock” books and others like them. Titles marked with * are available on audio.

Berenstain, Stan. The Day of the Dinosaur. 1987.: JX BER
Buller, Jon. Space Rock. 1988.: J Easy Reader BUL
Carrick, Carol. Patrick’s Dinosaurs. 1983. *: JX CAR
Gackenbach, Dick. McGoogan Moves the Mighty Rock. 1981.: JX GAC
George, Jean Craighead. Dear Katie, the Volcano is a Girl. 1998.: JX GEO
Hoff, Syd. Danny and the Dinosaur. 1958. *: J Easy Reader HOF
Hurst, Carol Otis. Rocks in His Head. 2001.: JX HUR
Joyce, William. Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures With the Family Lazardo. 1988.: JX JOY
Lionni, Leo. Frederick. 1967.: JX LIO
Marzollo, Jean. I Am a Rock. 1998.: J Easy Reader MAR
McLerran, Alice. Roxaboxen. 1981. *: JX MCL
Pfister, Marcus. Milo and the Magical Stones. 1997.: JX PFI
Pulver, Robin. Mrs. Toggle and the Dinosaur. 1991.: JX PUL
Shields, Carol Diggory. Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp. 1997.: JX SHI
Stickland, Paul. Dinosaur Roar. 1994.: JX STI

Nonfiction Books

Aliki. Fossils Tell of Long Ago. 1990.: JE 560 A
Brown, Marcia. Stone Soup: An Old Tale. 1947. *: JE 398.210944 B
Christian, Peggy. If You Find a Rock. 2000.: JE 552 C
Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus: In the Time of the Dinosaurs. 1994.: JE 567.91 C
Cole, Joanna. The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth. 1987.: JE 551 C
Fowler, Allan. It Could Still be a Rock. 1993.: JE 552 F
Gans, Roma. Rock Collecting. 1984.: JE 552 G
Gibbons, Gail. Caves and Caverns. 1993.: JE 551.447 G
McNulty, Faith. How to Dig a Hole to the Other Side of the World. 1979. *: JE 551.11 M
Parish, Peggy. Dinosaur Time. 1974.: JE 568.19 P
Pickering, Robert B. I Can be an Archaeologist. 1987.: JE 371.42 A669pi
Ross, Kathy. Crafts for Kids Who are Wild About Dinosaurs. 1997.: J 745.5 R
Sterne, Noelle. Tyrannosaurus Wrecks: A Book of Dinosaur Riddles. 1979.: JE 398.6 S

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