Animated Science: Rocks and Minerals

by John Farndon, Shiho Pate (Illustrator)

Rocks and minerals come alive in the next Animated Science book, an outstanding comic series illustrated by Shiho Pate!

From gemstones to fossils and beyond, Animated Rocks and Minerals is the definitive guide to rocks and minerals for grade school readers. In this book, readers will explore the substances that make up our Earth through comic illustrations and hilarious characters.



With a narrative nonfiction text, kid-friendly information, and Shiho Pate's engaging illustrations, Animated Rocks and Minerals is a perfect introduction and ready reference, appealing and laugh-out-loud funny. Easily accessible for readers just learning, with more interesting facts and details for older kids honing their knowledge.



Great for all ages!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Childrens, Nonfiction

128 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 18, 2022

About the author

John Farndon is an internationally known author, as well as a playwright, composer and songwriter, whose work has been performed at such theatres as the Donmar and Almeida in London and the Salisbury Playhouse and selected for showcases, such as Beyond the Gate.

He has written hundreds of books, which have sold millions of copies around the world in most major languages and include many best-sellers, such as the award-winning Do Not Open, which received rave reviews in the USA and became a cult-hit as well as featuring on the New York Times and Washington Post best-seller lists. In earlier years, he wrote mostly for children, and has been shortlisted a record four times for the junior Science Book prize. Books such as How Science Works and How the Earth Works each sold over a million copies worldwide. But recently he has written much more for adults.

Many of his books focus on popular science, and in particular earth science, nature, and environmental issues. His Practical Encyclopedia of Rocks and Mineral is widely used as a reference work by geologists, while The Atlas of Oceans, his big book on endangered life in the oceans for Yale in the USA (A&C Black in the UK and Australian Geographic in Australia), garnered glowing reports prepublication from major figures such as the Cousteaus, Carl Safina, Nancy Knowlton and Harm de Blij.

But he has covered a wide range of topics, from contemporary China to the food market. The history of ideas and intellectual curiosity is a particular speciality.

In 2010, his book for Icon Do You Think You're Clever? was a best-seller, reaching the top 20 on Amazon and the top 10 in South Africa and Turkey, and was shortlisted for the Society of Authors Education Award. The follow-up The World’s Greatest Idea was selected as one of the top 50 Wish List books of the year in South Africa.

He has been interviewed extensively on radio and TV stations around the world, and conducted talks, demonstrations and displays at many events, from the Brighton Science Festival to the Oxford Literary Festival.

Reviews

[Alexandra Hinrichs · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 8-yr-old loves rocks and minerals, and we read every word of this book cover to cover. He is also a Pokémon fan, and this book takes a sort of Pokémon approach to how it describes and illustrates each rock or mineral with its own characteristics etc. He loved the Periodic Table one in this series, as well.

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was actually a really cool book! Not only does it cover a wide variety of rocks and minerals, but it also depicts each one with an adorable illustration of the rock or mineral with a little face, arms, legs, and even with little props.

This is a great introduction to geology for readers of all ages, but young readers in particular are sure to get excited!

[Pam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an electronic ARC from Scholastic, Inc.
Pate takes readers through a wide variety of rocks and minerals. The writing is geared toward upper elementary level readers. Short text boxes and brightly colored artwork will hold readers' interest.

[Kaitlyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was very informative and had a lot of cute illustrations. However, it could have been better organized and less dense (it was A LOT of info for an upper elementary reader and even took me a long time to finish).

[Colt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good loved the drawings.