Posted by Casey on Friday, Jan 5, 2018
This week we are taking a look at Jason Chin's Grand Canyon. If you are unfamiliar with Chin's nonfiction works, I encourage you to give Gravity, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island a look as well.
Grand Canyon is a fabulous story about a father and daughter exploring this natural wonder and serves as a young reader's reference guide to the canyon's geology and ecology past and present. Readers of all ages will find something to enjoy from the narrative and the immersive artwork to the heavily researched back matter. Chin's book design soars using every piece of the pages to further illuminate life in and the history of the canyon. His use of marginal imagery is particularly lovely. Also be sure to note the wonderful fossil cutouts that set up page turns to the distant past and the fantastic gatefold vista at the end.
Check this one out and let us know if it's your favorite by voting in ICPL's Mock Caldecott Awards by January 31st.
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Casey buys books for ICPL's youngest readers. However, she enjoys reading books of all shapes and sizes. You can find her at the Children's Desk, out and about at one of our area preschools, or providing in-house programming like StoryJAM.
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