Synopses & Reviews
Jason Chin, winner of the Caldecott Medal for Watercress, dives into the microscopic building blocks of life in this companion to the award-winning Your Place in the Universe.
In Your Place in the Universe, Jason Chin zoomed outward, from our planet, solar system, and galaxy to the outer reaches of the observable universe. Now, Chin reverses course, zooming in past our skin to our cells, molecules, and atoms, all the way down to particles so small we can't yet even measure them.
Like its companion, The Universe in You is a mind-boggling adventure that makes complex science accessible and enjoyable to readers of any age.
Impeccably researched, wholly engrossing, and with extensive backmatter for additional learning, The Universe in You is another knockout from the award-winning creator of Redwoods, Grand Canyon, and other distinguished works of nonfiction for young readers.
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Horn Book Fanfare Title
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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"Chin cleverly presents a tiered experience that targets at least three levels of audiences….In encouraging inquisitive minds, Chin transforms the impossible into the imaginable." Shelf Awareness (Starred Review)
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"The art's evocative detailing and dynamic compositions create vivid impressions of realism and movement that will carry viewers down to the point where size and location lose their meanings and then back around to the wide-eyed young observer." Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
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"This book is a proper revelation, putting the 'you' in universe and giving children a way to grasp the infinity of the world and every particle of the planet. Exquisite." School Library Journal (Starred Review)
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"Giving the biggest impact to these tiniest bits are full-page watercolor-and-gouache illustrations in fine detail, with an illustrator's note explaining methods for depicting and coloring particles too miniscule for humans to visualize….stunning visuals." Booklist (Starred Review)
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"Explained clearly and portrayed with dazzling precision. Ending lines weave scientific revelation into a message of profound inspiration." Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
About the Author
Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children's books. He received the Caldecott Medal for his illustrations in Andrea Wang's Watercress, a Newbery Honor book and APALA award winner. His book Grand Canyon was awarded a Caldecott Honor, a Sibert Honor, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award. His other acclaimed nonfiction titles — Coral Reefs, Redwoods, Gravity, and Island: A Story of the Galapagos — have received numerous starred reviews and other accolades. He is also the illustrator of Stephanie Parsley Ledyard's debut title Pie Is for Sharing and Miranda Paul's Water is Water and Nine Months: Before a Baby is Born, the latter a Boston Horn Globe Honor Book. He lives in Vermont with his wife and children.