도서 소개

<이 땅의 비밀> 영문판. 산 중턱, 층층이 쌓인 바위 사이에 돌이 된 물고기. 이 물고기들에게 어떤 일이 있었던 걸까? 표지를 넘기면 아름다운 수채화가 가득한 본문을 만나게 된다. "이 물고기는 왜 돌이 되었을까?" 궁금해진 아이는 물고기에게 있었던 일, 이 땅에 숨겨진 이야기를 찾아 여행을 떠난다.

본문 Story 각 장면 아래엔 간단한 지구 과학 상식을 알려주는 Tip이 있다. 각각의 장면은 과학적인 내용을 더 알아볼 수 있는 도움말로 연결된다. 꼼꼼하게 글과 그림과 도움말을 살펴보면 이 땅에 있었던 일, 격변적 판구조운동에 대해서 조금 더 깊이 있게 이해할 수 있다.

  출판사 리뷰

I can see in-between the layers of rock
fish that are trapped in stone.
I wonder what happened to them.
All of the mysteries hidden in this Earth.
Let's go to solve them all.

1. Story
Flip the cover over, and you will meet the main Story contents
filled with beautiful watercolor paintings.

A child runs into a fish fossil.
Like it will swim out of the rock!
"Why has the fish turn into a stone?"
Curious as to what happened to the fish,
the child gets on a journy to find out the Story
that is hidden under the Earth.

The kid visits deep into the oceans
through the passage of time dimensions, he visits the original Earth that was peaceful and beautiful.

And there he witnesses remarkable events
that happened to the Earth's landmasses--
where the large landmasses cracked up, burst open, and broke apart!
where the entire Earth drowned,
shaken, and split, and moved.

The scientific information in the Story.
1. Each scene of the Story contains simple scientific lessons as Tips.
2. Every scene of the Story is linked to Helpful Words that helps the reader find out more scientific contents.

2. Let’s find out! (Helpful words)
The Tips and Helpful Words explain the scientific details easily while reading the Story.

Long ago, people used to think that the Earth was flat and plain-shaped everywhere. But someone asked “Is that really so?”, and more discovery led to the realization that the Earth is round like a ball. It is important that we ask questions about what we take for granted and how we tend to think. What kind of questions, then, did scientists ask lately? And what did they find out?

Table of Helpful words
● Do other planets have land and sea?
● What does the sea floor look like?
● Why does hot water come out of the ocean floor?
● Did land and sea look the same as they do today?
● What is the evidence that all continents used to be one landmass?
● Did the ground split slowly or quickly?
● What would happen when the ocean floor splits quickly?
● How much water is there inside the Earth?
● How did layered sedimentary rocks form?
● How did fossils form?
● What would happen to people and animals?
● What happened when the volcano Mt.St. Helens erupted?
● How could a piece of land sink beneath another?
● How fast did the grounds move?
● Where did the water that used to cover the Earth go?
● Couldn’t all the fish die if the lava heated the ocean waters?
● How did the Ice Age come about?
● When did the dinosaurs live?
● What do the land masses that sunk look like today?

3. The age group this book is written for
<The Secret under the Earth> is a picture book.
Just looking at the pictures will give you glimpses of the contents.
The words were written at a simple level
so that they can be read as easily as looking at the pictures.
However, reading the words, the pictures, and the helpful words
together carefully will help you understand
catastrophic plate tectonics more deeply.

This book was written to be understood by
little children, grade school students,
middle and high school students, and even adults.
Anyone can read it!

  작가 소개

지은이 : 서정아
20여 년 동안 여러 그림책과 학습지를 기획하고 글을 써왔습니다. 대표작으로는 『우리가 먹은 것은 어디로 갈까?』, 『자동차의 꿈』, 『멋쟁이 뭉치』,『아기 눈송이의 여행』 이 있습니다.

  회원리뷰