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K-Gr 4—The book opens on Calliope hummingbird, "the smallest bird in the United States. At just 8 centimeters long from beak tip to tail, these tiny birds are small enough to fit" in a child's hand, and the brown-skinned girl is using an all-terrain wheelchair while the rest of the people in the Southwestern desert setting of the United States gather around a guide near a large saguaro cactus. Smaller still, though, is a Western Pygmy Blue butterfly, smaller than a penny, but even that is not as small as the smallest bee. Step by step, centimeter by centimeter, Chin scales down the point of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More