Likewise, in Grand Canyon a girl on a hike with her father is sent time traveling into the past to see geological processes at work and the ancient life that lived in the Grand Canyon region. In Redwoods, a boy in a subway station reading about redwoods finds himself in a redwood forest upon exiting the station and in Coral Reefs, a girl in a library opens a book about coral reefs and the reading room becomes an undersea world and gets a firsthand experience of coral reef life. Like in two of his previous books, Redwoods and Coral Reefs, a child is immersed in an activity and is suddenly transported to a new world. Grand Canyon is no exception to this blending skill of Chin’s.
After reading the new children’s book Grand Canyon by Jason Chin (New York: Roaring Book Press, 2017 order from Amazon or Powell’s City of Books), not only do I feel a bit of the reported awe that visitors usually claim they feel (I don’t doubt this!), but I feel that I shouldn’t wait too much longer to experience this geological wonder.Ĭhin’s books, which I have shared about here and on my other blog, splendidly mix an imaginative story line and artwork with accurate scientific content. My family and I have visited many of the familiar national parks of the west, but so far not this miles-wide chasm in Arizona.
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