Grand Canyon: Exploring a Natural Wonder
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Award-winning painter Wendell Minor invites readers to explore the awe-inspiring terrain of the South Rim. This picture book is filled with beautiful sketches, photographs, and paintings as well as... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0590479687
ISBN13:9780590479684
Release Date:January 1998
Publisher:Scholastic
Length:40 Pages
Weight:1.05 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 11.3" x 9.3"
Age Range:6 to 9 years
Grade Range:Grades 1 to 4
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Exploring a Natural Wonder
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Renowned author and illustrator Wendell Minor takes readers on an extraordinary journey in the picture book GRAND CANYON. Minor, who has graced book covers with his art for more than twenty-five years, is also one of the most revered children's book illustrators around. He's done collaborations with Newbery Award-winning author Jean Craighead George, including EVERGLADES, ARCTIC SON, and the soon-to-be-published CLIFFHANGER, as well as critically acclaimed books with Eve Bunting, Anne Turner, and Charlotte Zolotow. Now, he tells of his experiences in one of America's most celebrated natural treasures, with lyrical text and stunning watercolors. For twelve days he spent time on the South Rim of the canyon, sketching and painting the huge rocks, the dramatic skies, and the abundant wildlife in the area. The colors are rich and intense, yet at the same time peaceful, perfectly complementing the words. You feel as if you're right there, standing over the canyon with space all around you. This is an excellent introduction for kids to a magnificent place, and even if, like me, you've never visited the Grand Canyon, you'll feel as if you were taking the journey and living the experience, too.
Looking Carefully
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is a thoughtful look at the wonders of the Grand Canyon as seen by a noted American illustrator who took his time to look carefully at and sketch some of that space. The gorgeous watercolors painted from his sketches convey the beauty and the color of the Grand Canyon and the accompanying text from his journal help put the images into perspective. Minor makes the spaces come alive.
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