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[Herwig]

A few days ago, I was gifted the Spanish booklet Descubre los Minerales written by Estelle Talavera,
and published by Susaeta. It counts 69 pages size A5.
[Thank you, Don & Alinna!]

It has "Nivel 3", indicating it was written for children ages 10-11. But I have to admit I was truly impressed by its content & layout, and I am certain it will also inspire somewhat older children (12 to 112) that are getting into the hobby.

Does anybody know of an in print (in other words: recent)(English) book about minerals for children?

Cheers, Herwig
(PS: no need to answer again if you've already done so on Mindat)

[Jordi Fabre]

Yes, it is an excellent book for kids:
https://www.editorialsusaeta.com/es/la-aventura-de-leer-10-11-anos/12127-descubre-los-minerales-9788467771879.html

[Riccardo Modanesi]

Hi to everybody!
Another book I can advice you is "MineRari", by Marco Majrani and Valentina Quadrio. Unfortunately for many of you it's in Italian, but images and drawings are nice!
Greetings from Italy by Riccardo.

[James Catmur]

You can find it on this page

http://www.logisma.it/saggi.htm
(link normalized by FMF)

[Herwig]

I just found a copy of another book I had already forgotten about:

Snowflake Bentley
by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, illustrated by Mary Azarian
Scholastic Inc. 1998, unnumbered pages (32 in total)

A children's book about Wilson Bentley, the man who devoted his life to photographing snow (ice) crystals.