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깊은 바닷 속에서 바닥이 갈라지고 화산 폭발이 일어나면서 용암이 솟아납니다. 용암이 계속 쌓이면서 해면 위로 마침내 모습을 드러내어 섬이 됩니다. 굳어진 용암은 날카로운 바위가 되고, 파도와 바람에 깎이면서 섬 주위에는 넓은 모래밭이 만들어집니다. 바람에 실려 섬으로 날아온 씨앗들에서 뿌리가 자라고 싹이 트고 잎이 자라납니다. 점차 섬에는 나무와 덩쿨이 우거지고 곤충과 새들이 삶의 터전을 가꿉니다. 선원들이 섬을 발견한 후, 배가 정박하고, 사람들이 정착하면서 마을이 만들어 집니다. 집들이 지어지고, 작물이 경작되고, 사장에서는 활발하게 거래가 이루어 집니다. 그리고 섬이 번성하는 동안 깊은 바닷 속에서는 땅이 갈라지면서 새로운 섬이 자라기 시작하지요....






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Edition: Hardcover: 40 pages
ISBN-10: 0066239303
ISBN-13: 978-0066239309
책 크기: 28.6cm x 23.7cm



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From the Publisher
This is the story of the birth of an island, from the first red-hot glow of magma at the bottom of the ocean, to the flowing lava that hardens and builds up higher and higher until, finally, it breaks through the water's surface.
And then, life comes to the island. First come the small plants and animals, and later, people. This is a tale as old and as new as the ground we walk on.


Children's Literature
In the briefest of concise rhymes, a few words per page, Schaefer details how over time, bit by bit, an island rises out of the sea. As trees and plants begin to grow from seeds, insects and birds arrive, followed by ships and people. A community soon develops, with its shops and celebrations. And then, from "deep beneath the sea, a volcano blows, and lava flows. Another island grows." Very simplified paper collages tell the visual story in ways that parallel the words. The abstract shapes are designed to demonstrate the potency of a volcanic explosion, the peaceful emergence of early plants, the jubilation of the dancing islanders, and the activities in the community. More specific details on how volcanic islands grow is added at the end, along with a list of other sources.


School Library Journal
This deceptively simple picture book traces the development of an island from an undersea volic eruption to a lush, bustling homeland. Similar in format and style to Schaefer's This Is the Sunflower (Greenwillow, 2000), it has large print and uses poetic language to describe a natural phenomenon: "Waves pound./Sands mound." The colorful, bold collage illustrations are a perfect complement to the text. Like the narration, the seemingly elementary art is carefully composed, tells a complete story, and exudes energy. This appealing work can be used as a read-aloud, a beginning reader, or a basic science book. Isaac Nadeau's Islands (Rosen, 2006) and Angela Royston's Islands (Heinemann Library, 2004) cover the same topic in a traditional nonfiction series format.


Kirkus Reviews
A volcano forms under the ocean, erupts to form land, erodes and acquires flora, fauna and eventually human population. This highly simplified explanation of island formation attempts to distill complicated geologic processes into rhyming couplets for the youngest reader, often using no more than two words on a page. Colorful cut-paper collages illustrate the text and seem to set the story in the Caribbean, although the suggested follow-up reading is about Iceland, Hawaii and the Galapagos. Inevitably, the simplification leads to distortions and omissions. The pictures, for example, show lava pillows mounding up from the ocean surface and suddenly becoming sharp rocks. Perhaps for the sake of the rhyme, trees grow before the flowers, and birds arrive even later, although, in fact, as explained in the afterword, the birds help bring the seeds for the new island's vegetation. Introduce this science topic to readers capable of taking in greater detail.