When her parents give her a special rock collection, Petra is thrilled. She loves rocks, and she pours over every sample in the box. But is one of those rocks winking at her? Soon Petra has connected with the rock box in a way she'd never have imagined possible.

Poet, teacher, and editor, Don McKay is the author of numerous volumes of poetry and essays, many of them award-winning. Deeply engaged with the natural world and the play of language, McKay brings his fascination with, and knowledge of, geology and deep time to young readers in his first children's book. He lives and writes in St. John's, NL.