Island

A Story of the Galapagos

Island
Jason Chin
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NZ$ 20.99
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NZ$ 16.79
Paperback
h279 x 216mm - 40pg
13 May 2021 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781250799937
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Charles Darwin first visited the Galapagos 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 island - born of fire, rising to greatness, its decline, and finally the emergence of life on new islands.
"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 Galapagos] will surely stimulate readers' interest. " --School Library Journal, starred review"The art is masterful in its combination of realism and artistic flow; the layout complements sweeping full-page, full-bleed landscapes with carefully controlled panel sequences that provide additional focus on a process or creature, so the evolution of larger finches' beaks, for instance, is clearly demonstrated and explained. " --BCCB, starred review
Jason Chin is the author and artist of the Roaring Brook titles Coral Reefs and the award-winning Redwoods, which Kirkus Reviews called, an inventive eye-opening adventure. Island is his third book with Roaring Brook Press. Jason lives with his wife Deirdre, also an artist, and his son in Vermont.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781250799937
Published: 13 May 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Square Fish
Publisher: Palgrave USA
Format: Paperback
Height: 279mm
Width: 216mm
Pages: 40

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