Illustration copyright © 2011 by Jason Chin So you learn that though coral reefs may look like plants, they’re actually animals and at the same time, the pictures, which often take up more than half the page, tell the story of a girl who goes to the library and picks up a book about coral reefs. And this hybrid form dishes out just enough facts without overwhelming. The result is something completely engaging. In a sense he is blurring the boundary between fiction and nonfiction. What makes Coral Reefs unique is that along with loads of interesting information, he’s included colorful watercolor illustrations that tell their own story. Jason Chin does something pretty wonderful in his nonfiction book, Coral Reefs: He hasn’t forgotten the wild imagination of a kid. What to expect: Science, Nature, Biology, Marine life, Water Publisher: Flash Point (October 25, 2011) By Nina Schuyler, The Children’s Book Review
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