Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you /
Doneiger, Jorge,
Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you / Jorge Doneiger ; photographs by Guido Chouela, Cristina Reche, Marcelo Setton, and David Sisso ; translated from the Spanish by Iraida Iturralde. - First U.S. edition. - 63 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
First edition published in 2009, second edition published in 2015 by Pequeno Editor (Argentina). -- Title page verso.
Are you curious about numbers, size, and how something small stacks up against something big? Accompanied by fascinating facts and figures, the life-size photographs in this book answer "What if?" and "How many?" for all kinds of creatures and objects. If you unravel all the thread from a T-shirt, how many times will that thread wrap around a city block? How many flowers does a hive of bees have to visit to collect enough pollen to make a pound of honey? The answers might surprise you!
9781536200218 1536200212
Science--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders--Juvenile literature.
Size perception--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.
Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you / Jorge Doneiger ; photographs by Guido Chouela, Cristina Reche, Marcelo Setton, and David Sisso ; translated from the Spanish by Iraida Iturralde. - First U.S. edition. - 63 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
First edition published in 2009, second edition published in 2015 by Pequeno Editor (Argentina). -- Title page verso.
Are you curious about numbers, size, and how something small stacks up against something big? Accompanied by fascinating facts and figures, the life-size photographs in this book answer "What if?" and "How many?" for all kinds of creatures and objects. If you unravel all the thread from a T-shirt, how many times will that thread wrap around a city block? How many flowers does a hive of bees have to visit to collect enough pollen to make a pound of honey? The answers might surprise you!
9781536200218 1536200212
Science--Miscellanea--Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders--Juvenile literature.
Size perception--Juvenile literature.
Instructional and educational works.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Picture books.
Illustrated works.