What can happen in just a second,a minute, or an hour?How can we measure time?The flap of a vulture's wing.A crocodile's heartbeat.The weight of a baby blue whale.The life of a mayfly.These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time.But what exactly is time?In Just a Second, the award-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins brings forth unique ways to think about time beyond the hands we see every day on a ticking clock. This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time.
| Autor: | Jenkins, Steve |
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| ISBN: | 9780618708963 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Houghton Mifflin Company |
| Veröffentlicht: | 25.10.2011 |
| Schlagworte: | JUVENILE NONFICTION: Animals / General JUVENILE NONFICTION: Concepts / Counting & Numbers JUVENILE NONFICTION: General |
| Altersempfehlung: | 4 - 7 |
Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.