Summer Reading Club 2: Depths of the Earth

The BC Summer Reading Club week 2 theme is "Depths of the Earth: rocks, volcanoes, and deep time." Check out these suggestions for readers ages 0-12!

Updated July 3, 2024
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Rocks and minerals [board book]
McDonald, Jill (Jill McDonald-Gomez), author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
Learning about rocks and minerals is made easy for young readers with the bestselling nonfiction board book series Hello, World! A perfect gift for aspiring little geologists! Young children love exploring the beach to find shiny, colorful rocks. Now Hello, World!can teach them...

Board book

Old Rock (is not boring)
Pilutti, Deb, author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
Quirky charm infuses this tale of Old Rock's life story, which is much more exciting than you'd expect. Old Rock has been sitting in the same spot in the pine forest for as long as anyone can remember. Spotted Beetle, Tall Pine, and Hummingbird think just sitting there must be...

picturebook

Oh, the lavas that flow!
Tarpley, Todd 
Paper Book
Laugh and learn with fun facts about hot lava, ash clouds, volcanos, and more--all told in Dr. Seuss's beloved rhyming style and starring the Cat in the Hat! "I'm the Cat in the Hat, and I'm here to explain-o some marvelous facts all about the volcano!" ...

Reader

An anthology of our extraordinary Earth
Oldershaw, Cally 
Paper Book
Explore the beauty and majesty of planet Earth in this compendium, with more than 100 incredible stories and images. The world is so much more complex than young minds can fathom, from molten-hot rock and smoldering volcanoes to icy glaciers and bubbling springs. This book about...

Non-fiction

A rock is lively
Aston, Dianna Hutts. 
Paper Book
From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, and A Butterfly Is Patient comes a gorgeous and informative introduction to the fascinating world of rocks. From dazzling blue lapis lazuli to volcanic snowflake obsidian, an incredible variety of rocks are...

Non-fiction

Kaboom! a volcano erupts
Kulekjian, Jessica 
Paper Book
A perfect pick for budding volcanologists - or any child who can't resist a good kaboom! Here's a step-by-step story of a volcanic eruption - told from the volcano's point of view! Readers meet the volcano as it placidly slumbers, which it's been doing for thousands of years. Then things begin to...

Non-fiction

Under your feet
Stroud, Jacqueline L. 
Paper Book
Down where worms wriggle and microbes squirm, there's a whole world waiting to be discovered... Under Your Feet delves beneath the Earth's surface and explores the diverse wonders hidden there. Encounter creatures of the deep and marvel at the mind-boggling size of the...

Non-fiction

Rocks and minerals : geology from caverns to the cosmos
Hirsch, Andy
Paper Book
Leave no stone unturned with Andy Hirsch's Science Comics: Rocks and Minerals, the latest volume in First Second's action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! In this volume, join a crystal-crazy fanboy and a famous rock hunter on a...

Graphic novel

Stick and Stone. On the go
Ferry, Beth 
Paper Book
Two stories in one graphic novel perfect for beginning readers, based on the bestselling Stick and Stone series by Beth Ferry and Tom Lichtenheld. For fans of the Narwhal series and Baloney and Friends. Stick would go anywhere with his best friend, especially if they're...

Graphic novel

Older than dirt a kinda-sorta biography of Earth
Brown, Don, 1949- author. 
Paper Book
Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a BIG BANG and what began as a cloud of gas, dust, and rock eventually took shape and bloomed into a molten sphere. Battered by asteroid collisions, ice ages, and shifting tectonic plates, our fledgling planet finally pushed forth continents. But if...

Graphic novel

The Secret Explorers and the cave crisis
King, SJ 
Paper Book
Learn all about life in the desert with this nature-themed installment of DK's educational fiction series for children aged 7 to 9 years old. Meet the Secret Explorers - a band of brainiac kids from all around the world, here to take young readers on a series of fact-filled...

Primary fiction

The Secret Explorers and the Jurassic rescue
King, SJ 
Paper Book
Travel back in time and discover facts you never knew about dinosaurs and prehistoric life in this fourth instalment of the The Secret Explorers. This group of brilliant kids come together from all four corners of the globe to fix problems, solve mysteries and gather knowledge...

Primary fiction

The lifters
Eggers, Dave 
Paper Book
Journey to an underground world where adventure awaits and heroes are made in this middle grade novel from the bestselling, Pulitzer-nominated author of The Monk of Mokha and Her Right Foot. When Gran and his family move to Carousel, he has no idea that the town is...

Intermediate fiction

I survived the eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980
Tarshis, Lauren 
Paper Book
The mountain exploded with the power of ten million tons of dynamite...Eleven-year-old Jessie Marlowe has grown up with the beautiful Mount St. Helens always in the background. She's hiked its winding trails, dived into its cold lakes, and fished for trout in its streams. Just looking at Mount St....

Intermediate fiction

I survived the destruction of Pompeii, AD 79
Tarshis, Lauren 
Paper Book
The beast beneath the mountain is restless...No one in the bustling city of Pompeii worries when the ground trembles beneath their feet. The beast under the mountain Vesuvius, high above the city, wakes up angry sometimes -- and always goes back to sleep.But Marcus is afraid. He knows something is...

Intermediate fiction


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