This is such a sweet beautiful book. The illustrations lend it a surreal surreal quality while the text is just simple and direct enough to be ageless. ( )

A low-key, dryly funny book of sensible advice on how to choose your very own rock. I'm not sure it has much to do with geology, other than celebrating the diversity of size, shape, texture, smell, and appearance in the rocks you find as you search, but it's a lovely, slow, solitary sort of book. People who hate solitude will likely find it boring and empty, but I find it redolent of nostalgia (I used to spend a lot of time looking for rocks) and replete with possibility (I may well look for rocks again in the future). ( )

find a rock but dont tell whats so special about your rock choose it when its quiet
age 3 to 5

This book really rests on its laurels by just giving a straight, artless description of the magic that is factually in rocks and how to catch it. That's all it needs to do. ( )

Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure