If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
2014
Q163 .S567 2014 (Mapit)
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Title
If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
ISBN
9781894786348 (bound)
1894786343
1894786343
Published
Toronto, ON : Kids Can Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
40 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
Q163 .S567 2014
Dewey Decimal Classification
j500
Summary
Author has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 40).
Audience
NC1170L lexile
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 4 (hard) Lexile.
Sentence length: 5 (very hard) Word frequency: 4 (hard) Lexile.
Awards
Book Award: CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Finalist, 2015
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Table of Contents
If ...
Our galaxy
The planets
History of Earth
Life on Earth
Events of the last 3000 years
Inventions through time
Inventions of the last 1000 years
The continents
Water
Species of living things
Money
Energy
Life expectancy
Population
Food
Your life
A note for parents and teachers.
Our galaxy
The planets
History of Earth
Life on Earth
Events of the last 3000 years
Inventions through time
Inventions of the last 1000 years
The continents
Water
Species of living things
Money
Energy
Life expectancy
Population
Food
Your life
A note for parents and teachers.