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When a young girl finds a sparkly rock buried in the dirt and discovers that it cleans to a beautiful quartz crystal, she is fascinated and becomes Julie the Rockhound.\

Julie the Rockhound
By Gail Langer Karwoski
Illustrated by Lisa Downey

When a young girl finds a sparkly rock buried in the dirt and discovers that it cleans to a beautiful quartz crystal, she is fascinated and becomes Julie the Rockhound. Join Julie as her dad shows her how to dig for minerals and explains the wonders of crystal formation. Combining clever wordplay with earth science, young readers learn about Earth s most abundant mineral treasure.

Ages 5-9
ISBN: HC: 978-0-9764943-7-9, PB: 978-1-934359-21-1
Price: $15.95 HC, $8.95 PB
Sylvan Dell Publishing

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