Full name: Island: A Story of the Galapagos

Author: Jason Chin Year: 2012 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Science, Animals, History, Historical fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780545627504 9781596437166 0545627508 1596437162

Charles Darwin first visited the Galapagos 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. Similar books: Time to Eat by Steve Jenkins Thunder Birds by Jim Arnosky Creature Features by Steve Jenkins Coral Reefs by Jason Chin Grand Canyon by Jason Chin Redwoods by Jason Chin The Buffalo Are Back by Jean Craighead George Twenty-One Elephants and Still Standing by April Jones Prince Life in the Ocean by Claire A. Nivola The Glorious Flight by Alice Provensen Odd Boy Out by Don Brown One Beetle Too Many by Kathryn Lasky Swimming with Sharks by Heather Lang The Boy Who Invented TV by Kathleen Krull I, Galileo by Bonnie Christensen Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick Actual Size by Steve Jenkins An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston Moonshot by Brian Floca Heart and Soul by Kadir Nelson