Just a Second : A Different Way to Look at Time Hardcover - 2011
by Steve Jenkins
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
In "Just a Second," an award-winning author-illustrator brings forth unique ways to think about time beyond the hands we see every day on a ticking clock, from the flap of a vulture's wing to the life of a mayfly. Full color.
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Details
- Title Just a Second : A Different Way to Look at Time
- Author Steve Jenkins
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition None
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 40
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
- Date 2011
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0618708960I4N00
- ISBN 9780618708963 / 0618708960
- Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 10.2 x 0.5 in (20.32 x 25.91 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 04 to 07 years
- Grade levels P - 2
- Reading level 870
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Boy's Interest
- Sex & Gender: Girl's Interest
- Topical: Boy's Interest
- Topical: Girl's Interest
- Library of Congress subjects Time, Nature
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011002104
- Dewey Decimal Code 529
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Summary
What can happen in just a second,
a minute, or an hour?
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.
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.
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Citations
- Booklist, 11/01/2011, Page 50
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 11/01/2011, Page 0
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 141
- People, 12/19/2011, Page 51
- Publishers Weekly, 10/31/2011, Page 0
- School Library Journal, 12/01/2011, Page 99
