The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey

 
★ 2022年凱迪克金牌獎＋紐伯瑞銀牌獎雙料得主，《西洋菜》作者陳振盼（Jason Chin）作品
 
　　8公分長的蜂鳥停在孩子的手指上，看起來很迷你，不過在不到2公分的褐小灰蝶旁，蜂鳥看起來就像巨人。如果把褐小灰蝶跟不到2公釐的世界最小的蜜蜂一比，褐小灰蝶卻又顯得龐大。鏡頭一步步拉近，蜜蜂靠近孩子皮膚上的一根毛髮，而這根毛髮直徑不到30微米，再繼續觀察下去，我們還能看到什麼更微小的東西呢？
 
　　在2020年出版的 Your Place in the Universe 書中，作者Jason Chin帶著我們從地球、太陽系、銀河系，一路航行到最遙遠的宇宙，最新作 The Universe in You: A Microscopic Journey 則以相反的視角，要從我們的皮膚一路向身體內部探索，從細胞、原子、分子觀察到我們甚至無法測量的粒子。
 
　　本書透過細緻而寫實的繪圖，帶領大小讀者乘著好奇心，帶到那些尺寸微小到無法觀察，卻有重要意義的地方，引導孩子認識元素、細胞、分子、原子和DNA。書末附上補充知識，鼓勵充滿好奇心的孩子進一步探索，從閱讀旅程開啟更寬廣的科學知識大門。

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

Jason Chin is a celebrated author and illustrator of children’s books. 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 Andrea Wang’s Watercress, 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.