author results for Chin, Jason,

Hurricane

Chin, Jason — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT

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 disasters and the tools we use to stay safe; especially relevant in an era of climate change.

Grand Canyon

Chin, Jason — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 00:00:00 GMT

An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale.

Gravity

Chin, Jason — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT

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 ... Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.

Island

Chin, Jason — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Chronicles the history and biology of the Galápago sisland.

The Universe in You

Chin, Jason — Mon, 31 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT

"A book exploring the world of the very small, delving deep into the microscopic spaces just beneath our skin"-- Provided by publisher.

Your Place in the Universe

Chin, Jason — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT

"A non-fiction introduction to the massive scale of the known universe"-- Provided by publisher.

Redwoods

Chin, Jason — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT

A young city boy, riding the subway, finds an abandoned book about redwoods.

Coral Reefs

Chin, Jason — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT

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. Includes facts about threats to coral reefs.

Watercress

Wang, Andrea — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Watercress

Wang, Andrea — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Caldecott Medal Winner
Newbery Honor Book
APALA Award Winner
A story about the power of sharing memories—including the painful ones—and the way our heritage stays with and shapes us, even when we don't see it.
New England Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
While driving through Ohio in an old Pontiac, a young girl's Chinese immigrant parents spot watercress growing wild in a ditch by the side of the road. They stop the car, grabbing rusty scissors and an old paper bag, and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can.
At first, she's embarrassed. Why can't her family just get food from the grocery store, like everyone else? But when her mother shares a bittersweet story of her family history in China, the girl learns to appreciate the fresh food they foraged—and the memories left behind in pursuit of a new life.
Together, they make a new memory of watercress.
Author Andrea Wang calls this moving, autobiographical story "both an apology and a love letter to my parents." It's a bittersweet, delicate look at how sharing the difficult parts of our histories can create powerful new moments of family history, and help connect us to our roots.
Jason Chin's illustrations move between China and the American Midwest and were created with a mixture of traditional Chinese brushes and western media. The dreamy, nostalgic color palette brings this beautiful story to life.
An endnote from the author describes her personal connection to the story, and an illustrator's note touches on both the process of the painting, and the emotional meaning brought to the work.
New England Book Award Winner
A New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year
A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Children's Book of the Year
A Washington Post Best Children's Book of the Year
A Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book
Winner of the Cybils Award
An SCBWI Crystal Kite Award Winner
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
An ALSC Notable Children's Book
Named a best book of the year by Publishers Weekly, BookPage, School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Lunch, Shelf Awareness , and more!
A CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book
An NPR 'Book We Love!'
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection!

Pie Is for Sharing

Ledyard, Stephanie Parsley — Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

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

Life After Whale

Brunelle, Lynn — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

"A book about the rich ecosystem that springs up around the death of a whale in the deep sea"-- Provided by publisher.

Life After Whale

Brunelle, Lynn — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT

Winner of the Robert F. Sibert Medal
Follow a blue whale's enormous body to the bottom of the ocean, where it sets the stage for a bustling new ecosystem to flourish.
All living things must one day die, and Earth's largest creature, the majestic blue whale, is no exception. But in nature, death is never a true ending. When this whale closes her eyes for the last time in her 90-year life, a process known as whale fall is just beginning. Her body will float to the surface, then slowly sink through the deep; from inflated behemoth to clean-picked skeleton, it will offer food and shelter at each stage to a vast diversity of organisms, over the course of a century and beyond.
Caldecott Medalist Jason Chin's astonishing artwork enriches and amplifies engaging, well-researched text by Bill Nye the Science Guy writer Lynn Brunelle. Young lovers of the macabre will relish each page of Life After Whale. Meanwhile, those grappling with the hard subject of death will take solace in this honest look at the circle of life, which closes on a young whale enjoying the same waves as her ancestor. Additional back pages offer further info and reading recommendations on whales, whale falls, and ecosystems.
An Orbis Pictus Honor Book
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
One of Evanston Public Library's 101 Great Books for Kids
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Bank Street Children's Book Committee Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for Older Readers
An ALSC Notable Children's Book

Where Do Polar Bears Live?

Thomson, Sarah L. — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Learn about the life cycle of a polar bear.

Nine Months

Paul, Miranda — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 00:00:00 GMT

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.

Island

Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT

This biography of the Galapagos Islands is a six-million-year epic saga of the island's life, its birth in fire, its rise to greatness, and the emergence of life.

The Day the World Exploded

Zimmerman, Dwight Jon — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Presents the story of the volcanic eruptions that took place on the island of Krakatoa in 1883, killing thousands of people, destroying the island, and effecting the entire world through the expulsion of smoke and ash in the air.

The Master Detective Handbook

Kilby, Janice Eaton — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

Team up with three super-sleuths to find out why their friend has disappeared. Provides the detective skills needed to solve the mystery such as making a fingerprint kit, collecting footprints, analyzing handwriting, and how to disguise your voice.

Water Is Water

Paul, Miranda — Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT

Explores the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways.