Jason Chin

"An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain"--

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.

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 islands? How long will they remain? Thoroughly researched, this historical and scientific book tells the epic saga of the life of an island-its birth in fire, its rise to greatness, its decline, and, finally, the emergence of life on new islands....

"A non-fiction introduction to the massive scale of the known universe"--

You're invited to a glorious Fourth of July picnic where you'll learn all about sharing, the good things along with the bad.

On her way to deliver a basket of food to her sick grandmother, Elisabeth encounters a sly wolf.

"As a baby grows in her mother's tummy, a soon-to-be big sister and her family spend nine months preparing for the newest member of the family to arrive."--

Team up with three super-sleuths at the Pink Pinkerton Agency to find out why their friend has disappeared and what that mystery has to do with everyone's grades being erased from the school computer. Includes detective-related projects and activities integrated with the story.

Follow a father and daughter as they make their way through the Grand Canyon, a cavernous wonder that₂s home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals.