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David J Smith If... (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- If : a Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
- Publication Name
- If...
- Title
- If...
- Subtitle
- A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
- Illustrator
- Steve Adams
- Contributor
- Steve Adams (Illustrated by)
- Format
- Hardcover
- EAN
- 9781894786348
- ISBN
- 9781894786348
- Publisher
- Kids CAN Press, The Limited
- Genre
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Topic
- People & Places / General, Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Social Science / General, Mathematics / General, Science & Nature / Astronomy, History / General
- Release Year
- 2014
- Release Date
- 01/08/2014
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 9.8in
- Item Width
- 9.8in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2014
- Number of Pages
- 40 Pages
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"Some things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way." So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls). Accompanying each description is a kid-friendly drawing by illustrator Steve Adams that visually reinforces the concept. By simply reducing everything to human scale, Smith has made the incomprehensible easier to grasp, and therefore more meaningful. The children who just love these kinds of fact-filled, knock-your-socks-off books will want to read this one from cover to cover. It will find the most use, however, as an excellent classroom reference that can be reached for again and again when studying scale and measurement in math, and also for any number of applications in social studies, science and language arts. For those who want to delve a little deeper, Smith has included six suggestions for classroom projects. There is also a full page of resource information at the back of the book.
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Publisher
Kids CAN Press, The Limited
ISBN-10
1894786343
ISBN-13
9781894786348
eBay Product ID (ePID)
201659758
Product Key Features
Book Title
If : a Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
People & Places / General, Science & Nature / Environmental Science & Ecosystems, Science & Nature / General (See Also Headings under Animals or Technology), Social Science / General, Mathematics / General, Science & Nature / Astronomy, History / General
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction
Number of Pages
40 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
9.8in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Q163.S567 2014
Grade from
Third Grade
Grade to
Seventh Grade
Reviews
Smith, who employed the same kind of imaginative scaling down of ideas in his popular 2002 book, If the World Were a Village, does a great job making nearly incomprehensible concepts less so.-- Quill & Quire, If this book were a pizza, young readers would gobble down every slice---and demand more for dessert.-- Kirkus Reviews, The best thing about If... is that it can be truly enjoyed by all ages. ... If... is also an excellent resource for teachers as it easily fits into Mathematics, Social Studies, History, and Geography at different grade levels.-- CM Magazine, The text serves as an excellent discussion starter and bridge to comprehending big concepts. A solid suggestion for fact-focused young readers.-- School Library Journal, ... this is one of those books school-age children can happily page through many times, and even adults may find themselves taking a second and third whirl.-- The New York Times|9781894786348|
Illustrated by
Adams, Steve
Copyright Date
2014
Lccn
2019-394384
Dewey Decimal
500
Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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