From the tip-top of a tall mountain to a beachside miles away, readers go on a 400-million-year journey with a rock - CRASH, BOOM, ROLL, AAAHHH! 
This captivating picture book invites young readers on an epic geological adventure spanning 400 million years, told from the unique perspective of a rock. Starting at the summit of a mountain and ending on a distant beach, the story chronicles the rock's dramatic journey through time and space with engaging, sound-filled text (CRASH! BOOM! ROLL! AAAHHH!).

Perfect for curious minds ages 5-8, My Life As a Rock makes earth science accessible and exciting while introducing fundamental concepts of erosion, weathering, and geological transformation.

Beautifully illustrated scenes bring to life the rock's evolution as it tumbles down mountains, gets carried by rivers, and eventually finds itself on a sandy shore - demonstrating nature's remarkable patience and persistent change.

An ideal resource for elementary science curriculum, My Life As a Rock transforms complex geological processes into an adventure children will want to experience again and again!
 
Contributor Bio(s)
 
Jeff Zwiers is an educational consultant focusing on helping teachers increase the development of language, literacy, oracy, and student agency in every lesson. He likes hiking and sees lots of rocks along the trail. He often wonders about the stories they would tell if they could talk.

Caroline Pedler is an illustrator, artist, and educator who has illustrated over 50 picture books for children and curated and exhibited in numerous shows around the United Kingdom and abroad, most recently in Italy, China, and the United Arab Emirates. She won the professional picture book category award for the CICLA Original Illustration Exhibition in China in 2020 and created artwork for the visual identity for Bologna Children's Book Fair 2023. Author, critic, historian, and 2020 CICLA OIE Shanghai judge Leonard Marcus said, "Her playful, intricately detailed images combine painting, drawing, cut-paper collage, and digital elements, and highlight so many distinctive textures that as viewers we feel we can almost touch her characters' world as well as see it."