The award-winning author ofRedwoodsandCoral Reefsexplores the evolving terrain and animals of the Gal?pagos in this nonfiction picture book.
Charles Darwin first visited the Gal?pagos Islands almost 200 years ago, only to discover a land filled with plants and animals that could not be found anywhere else on earth. How did they come to inhabit the island? How long will they remain?
Thoroughly researched and filled with intricate and beautiful paintings, this extraordinary book by Award-winning author and artist Jason Chin is an epic saga of the life of an islandborn of fire, rising to greatness, its decline, and finally the emergence of life on new islands. Chin's approach makes this book a must-have common core tool for teachers and librarians introducing scientific principals to young students.
Islandis one ofKirkus Reviews'Best Children's Books of 2012
Jason Chin is the author and artist of the Roaring Brook titles
Coral Reefsand the award-winning
Redwoods, which Kirkus Reviews called, an inventive eye-opening adventure.
Islandis his third book with Roaring Brook Press. Jason lives with his wife Deirdre, also an artist, and his son in Vermont.
Handsome and succinct... The Wall Street Journal
In full-page watercolor paintings and small-size panel illustrations, Chin shows how the tremendous explosion leaves a mass of lava, which hardens and grows into an island. Any reader who has ever made a homemade volcano out of baking soda will be hooked. . . a remarkable work and an asset for educators... Publishers Weekly,starred review
Chin's gorgeous illustrations include sweeping double-page spreads of the island and its inhabitants& Horn Book Magazine,starred review
Another superb contribution to scientific literature by Chin. Kirkus Reviews,starred review
...this fine introduction to [the Gal?palC
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