Island: A Story of the Galápagos
Jason Chin, Jason Chin
List price £12.99
Product Details
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781596437166
- Published:
- 01 Sep 2015
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Dimensions:
- 40 pages - 284 x 223 x 9mm
Categories:
Charles Darwin first visited the Galápagos 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
The award-winning author of Redwoods and Coral Reefs explores the evolving terrain and animals of the Galápagos.