He begins with the birth of the islands themselves, a process in which volcanic. “A visually impressive piece of storytelling, it will please kids who enjoy what-if scenarios. Chin (Coral Reefs) does more than just explain how species of reptiles and birds on the Galapagos have evolved. “* Chin introduces youngsters to the concept of gravity, presenting the information in highly understandable language and in captivating paintings that will delight young readers.” - School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW “* Chin ( Island) takes his exceptional artistic gifts into outer space, painting with disciplined exuberance a series of spreads that explain the fundamentals of gravity.In his embrace of the wild possibilities of a world without gravity, Chin outdoes himself.” - Publishers Weekly, STARRED REVIEW 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. With an elegant, spare text and playful, daring pictures, Chin's latest opus exerts a powerful pull all its own.” - Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW “* After stunning explorations of the Galápagos Islands and California's redwoods, Chin turns literally high-concept for a study of gravity's pull. Concise diagrams and tongue-in-cheek pictures that accompany the instructions are as entertaining as they are effective.” - BCCB, STARRED REVIEW An illustrated afterword provides additional explanations of mass, matter, and force. In his embrace of the wild possibilities of a world without gravity, Chin outdoes himself. Jason Chin is the author and artist of the award-winning book Redwoods, which Kirkus Reviews called, An inventive eye-opening adventure.
Chin does some David Wiesner–style visual punning as the pages of the boy’s book-illustrated with paintings of a massive, fiery sun exerting force on a tiny Earth and moon-do double duty as both an object affected by gravity and an explanation of how it works. The next page shows the whole lot drifting upward like a tide of debris into space.
The all-caps text reads like a series of booming declarations: “Without gravity, everything would float away.” On cue, the boy, his spaceman doll and rocket, and the very grains of sand on the beach lift slowly off the ground. Roaring Brook/Porter, 16. A boy playing at the beach is startled when a book-a copy of this book, alert readers will note-falls from the sky and lands in front of him. Chin (Island) takes his exceptional artistic gifts into outer space, painting with disciplined exuberance a series of spreads that explain the fundamentals of gravity.
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