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Highlights
- 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.
- North Carolina Children's Book Award (Picture Book) 2016 4th Winner, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens (Seven to Ten) 2015 3rd Winner
- 5-8 Years
- 8.9" x 11.3" Hardcover
- 32 Pages
- Juvenile Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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About the Book
"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.Book Synopsis
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.
Review Quotes
"* Charming . . . Concise diagrams and tongue-in-cheek pictures that accompany the instructions are as entertaining as they are effective." --BCCB, STARRED REVIEW
"Hypnotically arresting . . . Sublime illustrations." --The Horn Book "* After stunning explorations of the Galápagos Islands and California's redwoods, Chin turns literally high-concept for a study of gravity's pull . . . With an elegant, spare text and playful, daring pictures, Chin's latest opus exerts a powerful pull all its own." --Kirkus Reviews, 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 "* 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 "A visually impressive piece of storytelling, it will please kids who enjoy what-if scenarios." --BooklistAbout the Author
Jason Chin is the author of the award-winning Redwoods, Coral Reefs, which was nominated for a Texas Bluebonnet Award, and most recently, Island, which received five starred reviews and is a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Jason lives with his wife, Deirdre Gill, also an artist, and their son in VermontDimensions (Overall): 8.9 Inches (H) x 11.3 Inches (W) x .5 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 5-8 Years
Number of Pages: 32
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
Sub-Genre: Science & Nature
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Theme: Physics
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jason Chin
Language: English
Street Date: April 29, 2014
TCIN: 92047886
UPC: 9781596437173
Item Number (DPCI): 247-05-8193
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.9 pounds
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