The story of clocks and calendars: marking a millennium
Author:
Publisher:
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,
Pub. Date:
c1999.
Language:
English
Accelerated Reader:
IL: MG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure:
1050L
Description
Travel through time with the maestros as they explore the amazing history of timekeeping!
Did you know that there is more than one calendar? While the most commonly used calendar was on the year 2000, the Jewish calendar said it was the year 5760, while the Muslim calendar said 1420 and the Chinese calendar said 4698. Why do these differences exist? How did ancient civilizations keep track of time? When and how were clocks first invented?
Find answers to all these questions and more in this incredible trip through history.
More Details
Contributors:
ISBN:
9780688145484
9780060589455
9780060589455
Accelerated Reader:
MG
Level 6.9, 1 Points
Level 6.9, 1 Points
Lexile measure:
1050L
Staff View
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| Grouping Title | story of clocks and calendars marking a millennium |
| Grouping Author | maestro betsy |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Last Grouping Update | 2018-09-18 04:47:19AM |
| Last Indexed | 2018-09-19 04:54:43AM |
Solr Details
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| accelerated_reader_point_value | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| accelerated_reader_reading_level | 6.9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| auth_author2 | Maestro, Giulio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author | Maestro, Betsy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author2-role | Maestro, Giulioill. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| author_display | Maestro, Betsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| display_description | Discusses the year 2000 as a milestone marking two thousand years of human achievement, as a threshold leading into a new millennium, and as an important anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| primary_isbn | 9780688145484 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| publishDate | 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| record_details | ils:a153902|Book|Books||English|Lothrop, Lee & Shepard,|c1999.|48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| series | American Story Series The Book for the year 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| subject_facet | Calendar -- History -- Juvenile literature, Calendar -- Juvenile literature, Millennium (Eschatology) -- Juvenile literature, Two thousand, A. D, Two thousand, A. D. -- Juvenile literature | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_display | The story of clocks and calendars : marking a millennium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_full | The story of clocks and calendars : marking a millennium / by Betsy Maestro ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_short | The story of clocks and calendars : | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_sub | marking a millennium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| topic_facet | Calendar, History, Millennium (Eschatology), Two thousand, A. D | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
