Stone Wall Secrets [Paperback]

Stone Wall Secrets also shows positive family dynamics betweendifferent generations and different races in an adoptive family. GusMoore's richly detailed paintings are the perfect complement to a storyfull of imagery and wonder....imagine a unit on walls, complete with geology, history, art, andgeography. Consider pairing this book with such titles as FrancesWeller's luminous Matthew Wheelock's Wall (1992), Leonard Fisher'smonolithic The Great Wall of China (1986, both Macmillan), and MargyKnight's Talking Walls (1992) and Talking Walls: The Stories Continue(1996, both Tilbury House), perhaps introduced by a reading of Frost'spoem, Mending Walls. What can the rocks in old stone walls tell us about how the earth'scrust was shaped, melted by volcanoes, carved by glaciers, and worn byweather? And what can they tell us about earlier people on the land andthe first settlers? As Adam and his grandfather work together to repairthe family farm's old stone walls, Adam learns how fascinating geologycan be, and how the everyday landscape provides intriguing clues to thepast.