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The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey

by Jason Chin

A journey into life’s smallest building blocks

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Awards & Recognition

  • Editorial selection

    Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year

    Selected as a Best Book of the Year.

  • Critical praise

    American Library Association Notable Children's Book

    Listed as an ALA Notable Children's Book.

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A journey into life’s smallest building blocks

A companion to Your Place in the Universe, this illustrated nonfiction book turns the scale of its subject inward: from skin to cells, molecules, atoms, and particles too small to measure. That change in direction gives young readers a framework for connecting the familiar human body with the microscopic structures that make it up. The description also notes extensive backmatter for further learning, extending the book beyond its central sequence of increasingly small building blocks.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Children ages 9–12 interested in science and nature
  • Young readers curious about cells, molecules, atoms, and particles
  • Readers who have encountered Your Place in the Universe and want a companion book

Themes

Microscopic scaleCells and the building blocks of lifeScience educationScale and measurement

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Book overview

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.

An American Library Association Notable Children's Book
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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