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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A stone is a story
Barnard Booth, Leslie 
Paper Book
Follow a stone's journey through time as it faces ice, water, wind, and scorching heat in this beautiful nonfiction picture book that is Seeds Move! meets A Stone Sat Still. "Where do rocks come from?" The answer may be more incredible than you...

picturebook

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

Rocks and minerals
Zoehfeld, Kathleen Weidner. 
Paper Book
From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists...

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

The big Earth book
Brake, Mark 
Paper Book
Planet Earth. Four elements. One incredible story. Lonely Planet Kids' The Big Earth Book takes children on a rollercoaster ride through history, geography, science and more to show how four elements - earth, fire, air and water - created the world and everything that exists today....

Non-fiction

Mountain of fire into the heart of volcanoes
Roberge, Julie 
Ebook
Key Selling Points Introduces readers to the history, science and mythology of the world's most famous volcanoes. Mountain of Fire won the BolognaRagazzi Nonfiction Prize in 2022 in the original French language (as Monstres Sacrés) . There are more than 1,500 active...

Non-fiction

I'm trying to love rocks
Barton, Bethany, 1982- author, illustrator. 
Paper Book
The fourth totally awesome, funny, and incredibly informative book in the "I'm Trying to Love..." book series! Think rocks are boring? Hard to like? Kinda just sit there, doing nothing? Why even write a whole book about them?? Bethany Barton will tell you why . . ....

Non-fiction

Science comics. Rocks and minerals geology from caverns to the cosmos
Hirsch, Andy, 1987- author, illustrator. 
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

Older than dirt a kinda-sorta biography of Earth
Brown, Don, 1949- author. 
Ebook
The award-winning cartoonist offers "a witty history of the planet" for young readers--covering everything from the Big Bang to climate change (Publishers Weekly). Almost 14.5 billion years ago, it all started with a Big Bang. What began as a cloud of gas, dust, and...

Graphic novel

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

Eruption at Krakatoa
Charman, Katrina 
Paper Book
Animals must team up to survive the catastrophic eruption of Krakatoa in this heart-pounding fourth installment of Survival Tails, perfect for fans of the Ranger in Time and I Survived series. Parakeet Melati lives with the rest of her bird friends and...

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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