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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?
To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws....
6) Are you big?
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--
10) Sorting by size
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and color photographs introduce basic concepts of sorting by size"--Provided by publisher.
11) What will fit?
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Olivia searches the farmers market for something that will fill her basket. The apple is too small, and the zucchini is too long. What will fit just right? Engages young children in the math of spatial sense."--
13) Tiny Cedric
Author
Publisher
Anne Schwartz Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A tiny king rids his palace of everyone bigger than himself, except for the babies."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Mega space volcanoes...super-giant asteroids...a twenty-six-pound gummy bear? In the second installment of the Mr. DeMaio Presents! series, the crew is traveling across the galaxy in search of the biggest stuff in the universe...even if that means a sugary piece of candy that weighs more than three bowling balls!"--
15) Size
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Junior, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces the concept of measurement by using antonyms such as big and little, thick and thin, etc.
Author
Series
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Olivia busca en el mercado de agricultores algo que llene su canasta. La manzana es demasiado pequęa y el calabac̕n demasiado largo. ¿Qǔ encajar̀ bien? Involucra a los nįos pequęos en las matem̀ticas del sentido espacial" -
"Olivia searches the farmers market for something that will fill her basket. The apple is too small, and the zucchini is too long. What will fit just right? Engages young children in the math of spatial sense"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Downtown Bookworks Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Superman and Wonder Woman have red capes. Green Lantern and wears green. (Martian Manhunter is green.) Bumblebee can be big or small. And Plastic Man can stretch his body into a perfect circle. Colors, shapes and sizes are important concepts--and DC super heroes make early learning loads of fun.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A book about feeling tiny in a big world. Some things around us are small. And some are large. Would your perspective of the world change if you were an elephant? What if you were an itty-bitty flea? I bet it feels a lot smaller than you and me! Normal-sized objects to us must look like giant ones to tiny creatures like ants and ladybugs. What's small to us can be large to another. Can You See Me? is a fascinating and joyful look at perspective,...
20) Call me Calvin
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Calvin is frustrated that he is not growing big, tall, or strong like his dad and wonders if there is more to being a man than just size and strength.
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