Grand Canyon
(caldecott Honor Book)
Roaring Brook Press · Print & ebook · February 21, 2017
Rivers wind through 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore a landscape where geology, living things, and deep time meet on the page.
- Themes
- Canyon geology, Plants and animals, Life across deep time
- Genres
- Geography for Kids, Fossils & Dinosaurs, U.S. Places
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Rivers wind through 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.
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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 show you that a fossil today was a creature much long ago, perhaps in a completely different environment. Complete with a spectacular double gatefold, an intricate map and extensive back matter.
A Canyon in Time
Explore a landscape where geology, living things, and deep time meet on the page.
Come here for
- A close look at the Grand Canyon’s rocks, geography, plants, and animals
- Connections between ancient fossils and life today
Expect
- Die cuts that shift between past and present
- An intricate map and extensive back matter
Where it sits
| Fossils & Dinosaurs | 71% |
|---|---|
| Geography for Kids | 42% |
| U.S. Places | 29% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Fossils & Dinosaurs
- Rocks & Minerals
- U.S. Places
- Authors
- Jason Chin
- Publisher
- Roaring Brook Press
- Published
- February 21, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Canyon geology · Plants and animals · Life across deep time
- Reading lane
- Fossils & Dinosaurs