Rock
- Publisher
- Groundwood Books Ltd
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2025
- Category
- Bullying, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Humorous Stories
- Recommended Age
- 3 to 6
- Recommended Grade
- p to 1
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781773069500
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $10.99
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781773069487
- Publish Date
- Mar 2025
- List Price
- $22.99
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Description
Award-winning creators Laurel Croza and Matt James have come together once again to tell the story of what happens when a bullying seagull and a rock meet on the beach.
When a seagull mistakes a small rock for food, it angrily spits it out. “What do you think you are?” the seagull demands. “I am a rock,” the rock responds. But the seagull refuses to accept this, insisting that the rock is more like a pebble, or a stone. It predicts that the rock will be thrown into the water and sink, and even if it manages to be washed ashore, the same thing will happen again and again, until the rock is worn down to a mere speck. After all, the rock has no shine, color, crystals or speckles … In short, it is nothing special.
But a child enjoying a day at the beach sees the rock differently, and their creation in the sand affirms what the rock has known about itself all along.
A quirky, vibrant and very memorable picture book about staying true to yourself.
Key Text Features
dialogue;illustrations
Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.4
Ask and answer questions about unknown words in a text.
About the authors
Laurel Croza lived near four dam sites when she was a child, moving nine times and attending six schools before she was fourteen. I Know Here, her first picture book, illustrated by Matt James, is based on her memories of leaving Saskatchewan for Toronto. It won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the Ezra Jack Keats and New York Public Library New Writer Award, and the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award, among many other accolades. Laurel’s second book, From There to Here, picks up where the first left off. She lives with her family in Toronto.
