{"id":8023214522605,"title":"I Am Made of Mountains","handle":"i-am-made-of-mountains","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/alexandra-hinrichs\"\u003eAlexandra S. D. Hinrichs\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/vivian-mineker\"\u003eVivian Mineker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYou may think you know me from things you've seen or heard, but there's wilderness inside me . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the volcanos of Haleakalā National Park in Hawaii to waterfalls of Yosemite to the churning ocean at Acadia National Park in Maine,\u003cem\u003e I Am Made of Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e takes readers on a tour to honor America’s great outdoors. Sixteen parks are highlighted, and the story follows a different child visiting each park and exploring the natural wonders of each location. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lyrical text paired with the expansive illustrations is an ode to the outdoors that will inspire nature lovers and National Park visitors of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/ten-beautiful-things\"\u003eTen Beautiful Things\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/mountain-chef\"\u003eMountain Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/america-the-beautiful\"\u003eAmerica the Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-spread.jpg?v=1667585926\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667585925\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1667585928\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-activity-kit.pdf?v=1674762232\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Activity Kit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra S. D. Hinrichs, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra S. D. Hinrichs has worked as a historical researcher at American Girl, a children’s librarian, and a children’s bookseller among other things. She earned MAs in United States history and library \u0026amp; information studies and is the author is several children’s books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Lobster Lady; The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor; \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Thérèse Makes a Tapestry.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/author-page\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Alexandra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivian Mineker, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivian Mineker is the illustrator of several books for children, including \u003cem\u003eThe Yeti and the Jolly Lama: A Tale of Friendship \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e What a Ship Sees.\u003c\/em\u003e Vivian is a Taiwanese American from Taipei and Portland, Oregon, currently working out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. www.vivianmineker.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/illustrator-page\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Vivian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tribute to Glacier Bay, Yellowstone, the Everglades, and other national parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonifying her subject (“You may think you know me”), Hinrichs introduces, in rhyme, 16 parks, from Hawaii’s Haleakal¬ā to Acadia in Maine, then goes on in a prose afterword to recap the genesis and growth of the National Park Service. In that long note, she describes how Native residents were driven from Yosemite (so named by White colonizers with an Ahwahneechee word that means “they are killers”) and how settlers of German, English, and Scottish descent were denigrated and then forcibly relocated from the land that became Shenandoah National Park. (The author also notes elsewhere that the latter was racially segregated until 1950.) Though her overall tone is celebratory, she closes by reassuring readers that mixed feelings are natural and leadingly asks them to think of ways to “connect with each other to share and honor our differences.” Mineker depicts a range of grand landscapes and natural wonders in her digital illustrations; she puts a cast of human figures—diverse in terms of race and ability—prominently in the foregrounds to underscore the point that national parks exist to be experienced as well as preserved. A page of thoughtful comments from actual young park visitors at the end reinforces the theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn enticing look at our national parks—rhapsodic but with attention to their checkered history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-260-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 4–7\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 48\u003cbr\u003e10 x 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]","published_at":"2023-01-13T09:44:14-05:00","created_at":"2022-11-07T11:59:58-05:00","vendor":"Charlesbridge","type":"Children's Book","tags":["Browse by Age_Ages 3-6","Browse by Age_Ages 6-10","Browse by Fiction\/Nonfiction_Nonfiction","Browse by Format_Picture Book","Browse by Language_English","Browse by Subject_Geography","Browse by Subject_History \u0026 Biography","Browse by Subject_Poetry \u0026 Language","Browse by Subject_Science \u0026 Nature","Browse by Subject_Sports"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":1899,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43471433793773,"title":"Hardcover","option1":"Hardcover","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"42603","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":38074419937517,"product_id":8023214522605,"position":1,"created_at":"2022-11-07T12:05:00-05:00","updated_at":"2022-11-07T12:05:01-05:00","alt":null,"width":600,"height":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701","variant_ids":[43471433793773]},"available":true,"name":"I Am Made of Mountains - Hardcover","public_title":"Hardcover","options":["Hardcover"],"price":1899,"weight":567,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":8,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"continue","barcode":"9781623542603","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":30660246077677,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":600,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701"],"featured_image":"\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":30660246077677,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":600,"width":600,"src":"\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":600,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/charlesbridgemoves.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667840701","width":600}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/alexandra-hinrichs\"\u003eAlexandra S. 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Sixteen parks are highlighted, and the story follows a different child visiting each park and exploring the natural wonders of each location. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe lyrical text paired with the expansive illustrations is an ode to the outdoors that will inspire nature lovers and National Park visitors of all ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/ten-beautiful-things\"\u003eTen Beautiful Things\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/mountain-chef\"\u003eMountain Chef\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/america-the-beautiful\"\u003eAmerica the Beautiful\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eLook Inside\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg class=\"cvr-border-gray\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-spread.jpg?v=1667585926\"\u003e\u003c!-- Please call pinit.js only once per page --\u003e \u003cscript type=\"text\/javascript\" async=\"\" defer data-pin-shape=\"round\" data-pin-height=\"32\" data-pin-hover=\"true\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinit.js\"\u003e\u003c\/script\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DOWNLOADABLES BELOW - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"medium-cover\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover.jpg?v=1667585925\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-cover-hires.jpg.zip?v=1667585928\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/i-am-made-of-mountains-activity-kit.pdf?v=1674762232\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Activity Kit\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexandra S. D. Hinrichs, author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandra S. D. Hinrichs has worked as a historical researcher at American Girl, a children’s librarian, and a children’s bookseller among other things. She earned MAs in United States history and library \u0026amp; information studies and is the author is several children’s books, including \u003cem\u003eThe Lobster Lady; The Traveling Camera: Lewis Hine and the Fight to End Child Labor; \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Thérèse Makes a Tapestry.  \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/author-page\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Alexandra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - ENTER ILLUSTRATOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVivian Mineker, illustrator\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVivian Mineker is the illustrator of several books for children, including \u003cem\u003eThe Yeti and the Jolly Lama: A Tale of Friendship \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e What a Ship Sees.\u003c\/em\u003e Vivian is a Taiwanese American from Taipei and Portland, Oregon, currently working out of Ljubljana, Slovenia. www.vivianmineker.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/illustrator-page\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Vivian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA tribute to Glacier Bay, Yellowstone, the Everglades, and other national parks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePersonifying her subject (“You may think you know me”), Hinrichs introduces, in rhyme, 16 parks, from Hawaii’s Haleakal¬ā to Acadia in Maine, then goes on in a prose afterword to recap the genesis and growth of the National Park Service. In that long note, she describes how Native residents were driven from Yosemite (so named by White colonizers with an Ahwahneechee word that means “they are killers”) and how settlers of German, English, and Scottish descent were denigrated and then forcibly relocated from the land that became Shenandoah National Park. (The author also notes elsewhere that the latter was racially segregated until 1950.) Though her overall tone is celebratory, she closes by reassuring readers that mixed feelings are natural and leadingly asks them to think of ways to “connect with each other to share and honor our differences.” Mineker depicts a range of grand landscapes and natural wonders in her digital illustrations; she puts a cast of human figures—diverse in terms of race and ability—prominently in the foregrounds to underscore the point that national parks exist to be experienced as well as preserved. A page of thoughtful comments from actual young park visitors at the end reinforces the theme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn enticing look at our national parks—rhapsodic but with attention to their checkered history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER DETAILS BELOW - - - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eDetails\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-1-62354-260-3\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAges: 4–7\u003cbr\u003ePage count: 48\u003cbr\u003e10 x 10\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n[\/TABS]"}