I remember visiting the desert for the first time when I was ten and finding that it was full of life and color. It was delightful to see the plants and animals that grew in the barren regions.
Today, Nancy Bo Flood took me on a journey to discover a different kind of life in the sandstone of the Desert Southwest.
In Sand to Stone and Back Again, Nancy is not highlighting life, but the changes in the stone.
Did you know that sandstone has a life cycle? It starts as grains of sand which are compressed to make stone. Then wind and water wear it away until it is, once again, broken up into thousands of grains of sand.
The pictures in this book are wonderful. Texture and color will wow you. Oceans full of sand-dune waves and curtains of rock will surprise and delight readers of all ages.
This is one you’ll want to look at over and over.
For more great Nonfiction Monday posts, check out other entries today at Wendie Old’s blog.
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