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Gr 3–5—A breathtaking walk through multiple habitats and deep time. Beginning at the banks of the Colorado River, a child and her adult companion hike up the South Kaibab trail from 1.84 billion-year-old "basement rocks" past the layers of the Grand Canyon Supergroup, the Bright Angel Shale, and other major formations to the Kaibab Limestone layer at the top. At the same time, the two pass through riparian greenery, sun-baked desert scrub, and pinyon juniper woodland to reach the South Rim's ponderosa ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Vacationing in Grand Canyon provides a father and daughter--and readers--numerous opportunities to explore this National Park's geology and ecology. Travel guide-like narration ("After climbing out of the Inner Gorge, you'll find yourself on a broad, sun-baked slope") presents accurate scientific information, while the illustrations, laid out like photos from a camping trip, depict the pair's adventures hiking from the bottom of the canyon to the top. Chin's detailed, scenic watercolors portray actual sites (he takes a few artistic liberties, carefully documented i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More