Canyon

By Eileen Cameron

Water falls softly
In cold snow crystals
Onto the mountaintop...

So begins Eileen Cameron's poetic rendering of a canyon's creation. Cameron captures millions of years of geology in 38 thrilling lines as she follows the water's journey down from the mountaintop, gaining power and strength with each mile. "Drops that trickle through crannies", become a stream that "cascades through the rocks" and then a river that "crashes through boulders ... digging the river bed, steepening the cliffs." And the canyon is born.

Michael Collier's stunning photographs of the creeks, streams, waterfalls, rivers, grottos and canyons of the Colorado evoke the lyrical beauty and raw power of the canyon and the forces that create it.

Through their art, Cameron and Collier have conveyed to the young reader a feeling of awe and wonder for one of nature's most spectacular creations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1931414033
• ISBN13: 9781931414036
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Mikaya Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.9" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

CANYON - Noted as one of the Best Books of 2002.

The Bank Street College's Children's Book Committee (New York) listed CANYON as one of the Best Books of the Year 2002.Please see Bank Street College's Books of the Year - 2002 - (published Spring 2003). Thank you

EXTRAORDINARY!

Moving, beautiful, evocative ... as one who lives in this area, the photos alone are well worth more than the price of the book. A really breathtaking result. Best of class.

A wondrous picturebook for young folks

Elegantly written by Eileen Cameron, Canyon is a an especially beautiful picturebook designed for young beginning readers, and features Michael Collier's breathtaking photography of America's Grand Canyon. Cameron's simple, poetic, evocative thoughts are in completely in tune with the Grand Canyon's timeless natural splendor. A wondrous picturebook for young folks, with stunning photographs sure to cause readers of all ages to sit up and take notice, Canyon is very highly recommended for both school and community library picturebook collections for early readers.