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Grand Canyon

by Jason Chin
Jason Chin
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Rivers wind through the earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon. Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls for millennia, the Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground. Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the cavernous wonder, discovering life both present and past. Weave in and out of time as perfectly placed die cuts reveal that a fossil today was a creature long ago, perhaps in a completely different environment.

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  • Release date

    August 28, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666592610
      • File size: 17365 KB
      • Duration: 00:36:10

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 1000
    • Text Difficulty: 5-7

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from November 28, 2016
      Chin (Island: A Story of the Galapagos) packs the geologic history of the Grand Canyon into a stunningly illustrated story of a magical father-daughter hike. The duo’s daylong trek out of the magnificent landform becomes a journey through time, as discoveries along the trail transport the girl to various eras in the canyon’s creation. A prosaic narrative of facts follows their ascent (“Above the basement layer, you’ll reach the Grand Canyon Supergroup”), while, at each new rock layer, the girl notices a fossil or other anomaly through a small die-cut hole. Turning the page, readers find her transported across epochs: a trilobite fossil turns into its living namesake as the surprised girl finds herself floating in an ancient sea. Vignettes of flora and fauna from different elevations frame scenes of the hike, as do explanatory sidebars about how rock layers and fossils form. With narrow white borders, the already-realistic ink-and-watercolor illustrations resemble photographs, evoking a scrapbook, and a concluding gatefold opens to reveal an awe-inspiring panoramic portrait of the Grand Canyon near sunset. Endnotes to this multilayered, thorough, and ingeniously assembled primer offer additional ecologic, geologic and anthropologic information. Ages 7–12.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Qarie Marshall's straightforward narration and the production's accompanying music serve this informational children's title well. The audiobook is perfect for young listeners who gobble up scientific facts and is ideally paired with the detailed and captivating illustrations in the picture book. The narrative takes listeners on a journey through the Grand Canyon and its prominent ecosystems, highlighting the wildlife and fossilized evidence of past wildlife. Music and sound effects signal transitions back in time to describe the formation of the canyon and the plant and animal life that existed there millions of years ago. Informational asides in the picture book are read in a logical manner, adding background on the structure of the canyon and its geological processes. E.E.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:1000
  • Text Difficulty:5-7

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