Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you

Titre
Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you

Jorge. Doneiger

Sommaire
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!

Date de publication comme intervalle
2020

Description matérielle
63 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Note générale
First edition published in 2009, second edition published in 2015 by Pequeno Editor (Argentina). -- Title page verso.

Terme de vedette-matière
Science -- Miscellanea.
 
Curiosities and wonders.
 
Size.

Genre
Picture books.

Vedette secondaire auteur
Chouela, Guido.
 
Sisso, David.
 
Setton, Marcelo.
 
Iturralde, Iraida.

Résumé
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!

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9781536200218

Informations de publication
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2020.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Gold BarCL 530.8 DONBook30127000196761A retourner 25-06-20