The Rocks Book: A Guide to the Rocks, Minerals, and Precious Stones That Make Up Our Planet

Nancy Dickmann is an experienced author and publisher of non-fiction books for children, specializing in science. She has a particular interest in space and has commissioned or written more than a dozen books about the topic, and in doing so has had the privilege to interview astronomers, a spacecraft designer, a Mars rover driver, and even a real live astronaut!