How Big?: Wacky Ways to Compare Size

by Jessica Gunderson, Keino (Illustrator)

Overview

How BIG is that egg? How BIG is that paw? Is that the biggest dog you ever saw?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781543599343
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	05/01/2019
Series:	Wacky Comparisons
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	1,021,763
File size:	53 MB
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Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than fifty books for young readers. Her book Ropes of Revolution won the 2008 Moonbeam Award for best graphic novel. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with her husband and cat.

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
K-Gr 3—This set is fun and silly and compares things familiar to the target audience. For example, in Long, a human tooth is contrasted with a shark's tooth-"3 pointy human teeth, it's the truth, are nearly the length of 1 great white shark tooth." The measurement used- "1 shark tooth = 2 1/2 in. (6 cm); 1 human tooth = 7/8 in. (22 millimeters)"-is provided for each example. Older readers can work the numbers to re-create the comparison. The metric computation doesn't always come out exactly the same, but that could result in a valuable discussion about conversions. The texts are minimal and the rhymes are mostly successful, but these titles are really about the numbers. The digital illustrations are appropriately humorous for the tone. This series contains some extreme comparisons (e.g., one blue whale weighs the same as 3.2 million mice), which some students may struggle with conceptualizing. Overall, these volumes would lead to informative lessons about measurements.

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