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If a Petoskey Stone Could Talk

by Brittany Darga

A Michigan beach visit opens a window onto deep time

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A Michigan beach visit opens a window onto deep time

A family’s trip to the beach provides the frame for imagining Michigan’s past through the perspective of a Petoskey stone. The book connects a familiar shoreline find with a much older landscape, introducing the warm ocean and dinosaurs that once belonged to the region and tracing the stone’s history back beyond the dinosaurs and the most recent Ice Age. Its central device—a stone imagining what it might say about what it has witnessed—turns prehistoric history into a question-led exploration of one distinctive Michigan fossil.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in fossils and prehistoric history
  • Young readers curious about Michigan’s natural history
  • Families looking for a shared nonfiction exploration of stones and ancient landscapes

Themes

Petoskey stones and fossilsMichigan’s prehistoric landscapesDeep timeNatural history

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Book overview

Did you know that Petoskey stones are perhaps one of the oldest things you will ever hold in your hand? Are they older than Grandpa? Older than dinosaurs? How did they form? Why are they most abundantly found in Michigan?

If aPetoskey Stone Could Talk tells the story of a family's visit to the beach and imagines the history of Michigan through the eyes of a Petoskey stone-when millions of years ago, Michigan was surrounded by a warm ocean and dinosaurs roamed the state. Petoskey stones even go back before dinosaurs and the most recent Ice Age, more than three hundred million years ago. Now that's OLD!

It is fun to imagine what Petoskey stones have seen, and what they know. If a Petoskey stone could talk, what would it say? This book is a wonderful exploration for curious minds-children and adults alike!

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