If ... : a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / written by David J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- author.; Adams, Steve, 1967- illustrator.
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.
Author Smith, David J. (David Julian), 1944- author.
ISBN 9781894786348 (bound)
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.
Awards Book Award: CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award Finalist, 2015
Added Author Adams, Steve, 1967- illustrator.
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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
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