Earthshake, Geology Poems for Kids

Sometimes I wonder which came first -- my love of travel or my love of geography?

It's a chicken-and-egg puzzle for me. As far as I'm concerned, the two are intricately linked.

I can spend hours planning a trip and pouring over maps.

At some point, my love of maps and geography spilled over into an interest in geology.

After all, a trip to Patagonia spent marveling at glaciers and steep mountain peeks will eventually cause one to ask how those glaciers and mountains were formed.

Recently, I came across a poetry book for kids called Earthshake: Poems from the Ground Up.

It was written by Lisa Westberg Peters.

Each poem in this illustrated picture book is about geology.

There is a poem about drifting continents, another about the layers of the Earth, another about the softness of sandstone, and more.

I found them to be quite clever. If you've got a budding map lover or scientist on your hands, this might be a good title to pick up.