Jason Chin
1) Grand Canyon
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain"-- Provided by publisher.
2) Redwoods
Author
Publisher
Flashpoint/Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2009.
Language
English
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AMPL Explore the Great Outdoors
Books about Nature (Youth)
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
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Books about Nature (Youth)
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
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Description
A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods. He finds himself in the very forest described in the book. After finishing the book, he leaves it for someone else to read.
4) Hurricane
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Book, Holiday House
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"The community of Hatteras Island, North Carolina prepares to weather a category three hurricane, aided by cutting-edge science"-- Provided by publisher.
Hurricane is a compelling and informative book that follows a storm's path toward Hatteras Island, North Carolina, highlighting how meteorologists track hurricanes and how communities prepare. Blending vivid storytelling with scientific detail, it offers a dramatic yet reassuring look at natural...
5) Gravity
Author
Language
English
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Description
What keeps objects from floating out of your hand?
What if your feet drifted away from the ground?
What stops everything from floating into space?
Gravity.
As in his previous books, Redwoods, Coral Reefs, and Island, Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.
Chin's approach makes this book a must-have common core tool for teachers and librarians...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
An island is about to be born- one that in time will become the home of plants and animals that exist nowhere else on Earth. This book is the biography of a Galápagos island- from birth, through adolescence, to adulthood, and beyond.
8) Coral reefs
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
"During an ordinary visit to the library, a girl pulls a not-so-ordinary book from the shelves. As she turns the pages in this book about coral reefs, the city around her slips away and she finds herself surrounded by the coral cities of the sea and the mysterious plants and animals that live, hunt, and hide there." -- From publisher.
Author
Publisher
Vista Higher Learning
Publication Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
A river winds through the landscape, eroding the rock for millions of years, shaping a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, as much as 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as ... Grand Canyon. Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that live within its walls, Grand Canyon is much more than just a hole in the ground. Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through this wondrous place, discovering life both present...
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Publication Date
abril de 2022.
Language
Español
Description
Un niño de ocho años, de media, es cinco veces más alto que este libro, pero sólo la mitad de alto que un avestruz. Y un avestruz es la mitad de alto que una jirafa, que solamente tiene la vigésima parte de la altura de una secuoya roja. ¿Y cómo de altas son las secuoyas en comparación con los grandes rascacielos? ¿Y con el monte Everest? ¿Y en relación con los planetas, estrellas, galaxias y el universo? El galardonado autor Jason Chin...
11) Watercress
Author
Language
English
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AANHPI Authors: Board & Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (kids)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
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Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (kids)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (WPLD)
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Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.
13) La gravedad
Author
Publisher
Picarona
Publication Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
"Y si tus pies se levantaran solos del suelo? Que es lo que impide que todo flote en el espacio? Se trata de LA GRAVEDAD, una fuerza invisible que hace que los objetos se atraigan entre si. Jason Chin, como es habitual en su trayectoria, ha elegido aqui un tema complejo y atractivo y lo ha hecho comprensible para los lectores mas jovenes; el resultado es un libro inusual, innovador y muy hermoso." --Amazon.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A soon-to-be big sister and her parents prepare for the arrival of a new baby in the family. Alternating panels depict what the family is experiencing in tandem with how the baby is growing, spanning everything from receiving the news about the new baby to the excitement of its arrival. In this pregnancy book unlike any other one out there, watch what's actually happening through meticulously detailed, actual size illustrations, perfectly paired...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Publication Date
2015.
Language
English
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AMPL Explore the Great Outdoors
Nature Read Alouds (Eisenhower Kids World)
World Water Day! - March 22
Nature Read Alouds (Eisenhower Kids World)
World Water Day! - March 22
Description
"A spare, poetic picture book exploring the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways"-- Provided by publisher.
18) Chinese New Year
Author
Series
Publisher
Carolrhoda Books
Publication Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Description
Presents an overview of Chinese New Year, how people get ready for it and the celebration itself, which includes fireworks, parades, family gatherings, and the Festival of Lanterns.
19) Berros
Author
Publisher
Vista Higher Learning
Publication Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
Embarrassed about gathering watercress from a roadside ditch, a girl learns to appreciate her Chinese heritage after learning why the plant is so important to her parents.