Jason Chin has done it again. He's created another great title to add to your nonfiction bookshelf. This time he's taken us from the redwood forest to under the sea in his latest book, Coral Reefs. Again, Chin offers readers informative text and beautiful, imaginative illustrations. In Coral Reefs, a young girl enters the New York Public Library, pulls a book about coral reefs off the shelf and finds herself in the undersea world she's reading about. The text is straight nonfiction, while the illustrations offer the reader a healthy dose of magical realism. I love the idea of text coming alive for readers and Chin has done a beautiful job of capturing the beauty of the reefs. His text, however, is not as creative as his illustrations. Nonetheless, this title is an example of how creative nonfiction can be, while still providing readers with great information!
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