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Charles Darwin first visited the Galpagos 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.Island is one of Kirkus Reviews' Best Children's Books of 2012
About the Author
Jason Chin is the author and illustrator of numerous award winning picture books. His newest book is WATERCRESS by Andrea Wang, which has garnered six starred reviews with the Publishers Weekly calling it "An adept gem of a picture book." His latest authored title, YOUR PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE, was a 2020 Horn Book Fanfare title.His book GRAND CANYON received both a Caldecott Honor and a Sibert Honor, and won the 2018 Orbis Pictus Award. He is the author of the award-winning books REDWOODS; ISLAND: A Story of the Galápagos (winner of the 2013 Gryphon Award) , and GRAVITY(a Gryphon Honor book) . WATER IS WATER, written by Miranda Paul, was a 2016 ALA Notable Book and CORAL REEFS was nominated for the Texas Bluebonnet Award.Jason lives in Vermont with his wife, Deirdre Gill and their two children.
