Jason Chin
Island
Stealth Science
Why this book counts
- Earth Science
- Life Science
- Environment & Ecology
- Lyrical / Visual Picture Book
- Story / Adventure
Island tells the Galápagos as an epic life story, beginning with volcanic fire and following terrain, plants, and animals through growth, decline, and the birth of new islands. Jason Chin's paintings make geological time, colonization, adaptation, and ecological succession unfold like chapters in one living biography.
The science inside
- Rocks, Minerals & Volcanoes
- Evolution & Adaptation
- Ecosystems
Your child will meet:
- Volcanic processes can build oceanic islands that later weather, erode, and change over long periods.
- Plants and animals reach new islands, establish populations, and interact within developing ecosystems.
- Isolation and environmental differences can shape inherited variation and evolution across generations.
- An island's biological community changes as the physical island grows, ages, erodes, and is joined by newer land.
Use it this way
Parent effort: Quick discussion
The award-winning author of Redwoods and Coral Reefs explores the evolving terrain and animals of the Galápagos in this nonfiction picture book. Charles Darwin first visited the Galápagos 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. Chin's approach makes this book a must-have common core tool for teachers and librarians introducing scientific principals to young students. Island is one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012
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