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In the Canyon

Author: Liz Garton Scanlon and Ashley Wolff  

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Pull on your hiking boots and get ready to see the magnificent Grand Canyon! From the author of the Caldecott Honoree All the World, here is a marvelous celebration of one of our nation's natural wonders.

Experience the Grand Canyon through the eyes of a child who is seeing it for the very first time. From soaring vistas and cloud-swept skies to tiny lizards and almost-invisible petroglyphs, the canyon is filled with so many sights waiting to be discovered...and so many amazing memories to carry back home.

Filled with gorgeously depicted, factually accurate info and including a glossary of the flora and fauna contained within, this homage to the Grand Canyon will evoke awe and wonder.

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Critic Reviews

“This book will appeal to teachers and young readers who are interested in nature's beauty. Scanlon takes readers on a poetic walk through the Grand Canyon, describing native canyon animals, their homes, and hidey holes. Bold illustrations create the stunning atmosphere of this amazing Southwestern treasure. Students studying animals will appreciate the accurate depictions of native fauna. An author's note is included. A map gives the reader a bird's eye view of the canyon trail, and details points of interest along the way. Curriculum connections abound: poetry, geography, and treasures of the United States. Young students, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the detail of animals, native plants, and the canyon; the poetry will help students remember what they have read. Glossary. Websites. RuieChehak, Educational Reviewer, Cedar Rapids Community School District (Iowa) andCharlotte County (Florida) Public Schools [Editor's Note: Available in e-bookformat.] Recommended”

Equipped with a map, boots, a walking stick, and a jaunty trail hat, a girl ventures from the rim of the Grand Canyon down to the Colorado River at the very bottom. In expansive block prints whose radiant colors and heroic characterizations recall vintage murals, Wolff (Baby Bear Sees Blue) portrays her intrepid heroine as confident and largely independent (while her parents accompany her, they remain background characters), in the midst of an adventure that's every bit as grand as the setting's name promises. Winding through billions of years of striated stone, the girl spots petroglyphs and mule trains, as well as majestic bighorn sheep, speckled lizards, and soaring condors. Scanlon (The Good-Pie Party) builds many couplets around the use of the contraction "here's" ("Here's a tree with roots in rock, / and hello, Mr. Red-Tailed Hawk!"), creating the sense that readers are witnessing each sight or discovery right alongside the girl. Readers may well close the book demanding that the next family vacation takes them into the wild.--Publishers Weekly "June 1, 2015"
Rhyming text introduces a young girl on her way to the adventure of a lifetime: a hike to the bottom of the

Grand Canyon. Black linoleum block prints colored with gouache illustrate each double-page spread, and

bold browns, yellows, and deep reds capture the canyon environment, as well as the people and mules

hiking on the long trek downward. As the girl descends deeper and deeper into the gorge, she finds a

squirrel in a hidey-hole and a speckled lizard, and at trail's end, she sits by the moonlit river. The story and

glorious illustrations celebrate the ever-changing beauty of one of our national wonders; back matter

contains a glossary with an explanation of some of the animals, and a brief history of the Grand Canyon's

formation, while endpapers show a map of the hikers' route. Excellent for sharing with groups and

families, and an inspiring introduction to this miraculous, wild place.--Booklist Online "December 3, 2015"


This book will appeal to teachers and young readers who are interested in nature's beauty. Scanlon takes readers on a poetic walk through the Grand Canyon, describing native canyon animals, their homes, and hidey holes. Bold illustrations create the stunning atmosphere of this amazing Southwestern treasure. Students studying animals will appreciate the accurate depictions of native fauna. An author's note is included. A map gives the reader a bird's eye view of the canyon trail, and details points of interest along the way. Curriculum connections abound: poetry, geography, and treasures of the United States. Young students, teachers, and librarians will appreciate the detail of animals, native plants, and the canyon; the poetry will help students remember what they have read. Glossary. Websites. RuieChehak, Educational Reviewer, Cedar Rapids Community School District (Iowa) andCharlotte County (Florida) Public Schools [Editor's Note: Available in e-bookformat.]

Recommended--School Library Connection "February 2016"

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About the Author

Liz Garton Scanlon is the author of numerous celebrated picture books, including One Dark Bird; In the Canyon; Happy Birthday, Bunny!; the Caldecott Honor recipient All the World; and Thank You, Garden. Liz is an adjunct professor of creative writing at Austin Community College, and her poetry has been published widely in literary journals. She lives with her family in Austin, Texas. Visit her at LizGartonScanlon.com.

Ashley Wolff lives in Vermont and is the author and illustrator of more than sixty books for children, including the modern classic Miss Bindergarten series by Joseph Slate, and her own celebrated Only the Cat Saw; Where, Oh Where, Is Baby Bear?; Baby Bear Counts One; and Baby Bear Sees Blue. Visit her at AshleyWolff.com.

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Product Details

Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Published
18th August 2015
Pages
40
ISBN
9781481403481

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