Dave’s Down-to-Earth Rock Shop

After Josh receives a strange rock from his uncle, he consults a rock shop owner expert to learn about his unusual gift. Josh notices that the store’s display window features stones arranged by size, and as his knowledge of geology grows, he sees the classification schemes in the window becoming more and more complex.

Other books by this author

Betcha! Estimating

Stuart Murphy

Illustrator:

S. D. Schindler

Age Level:

6-9

Genre:

Fiction

Earth Day — Hooray

Stuart Murphy

Age Level:

6-9

Leaping Lizards

Stuart Murphy

Illustrator:

Joann Adinolfi

Age Level:

0-3

Genre:

Fiction

Four best friends start a lemonade business and make a bar graph to chart their growing sales. After three days the friends notice that their sales suddenly drop and investigate to find out why. After discovering that the competition is a new kid with a great juggling act just down the street, they ask him to perform beside the lemonade stand and then watch sales increase “over the top.”

Lemonade for Sale

Stuart Murphy

Age Level:

6-9

Published:

1998

Racing Around

Stuart Murphy

Illustrator:

Mike Reed

Age Level:

6-9

Rodeo Time

Stuart Murphy

Age Level:

6-9

The O’Malley family is off to the beach, but it’s a long, hot, boring drive. What can Eric, Bridget, and Nell do to keep busy? Play tally games, of course — counting up all the gray cars or green T-shirts they see. Whoever has the most marks at the end wins the game. This is a great picture book for teaching data collection and tallying. It also gives kids a head start in counting by fives and is a good basis for charts and graphs.