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3) Are you big?
Author
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?
To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws....
Author
Series
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2017
Language
English
Description
"Look at pictures to figure out which object is the largest. Additional features to aid comprehension include detailed photographs, a visual answer key, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, an index, and an introduction to the author"--Provided by the publisher.
10) Short giraffe
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
When baboon comes to take a photo of the tallest animals in the world, there is just one small problem: Geri is the shortest giraffe in the world!
11) I'm mighty!
Author
Publisher
Joanna Cotler Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A little tugboat shows how he can bring big ships into the harbor even though he is small.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A book about feeling tiny in a big world. Some things around us are small. And some are large. Would your perspective of the world change if you were an elephant? What if you were an itty-bitty flea? I bet it feels a lot smaller than you and me! Normal-sized objects to us must look like giant ones to tiny creatures like ants and ladybugs. What's small to us can be large to another. Can You See Me? is a fascinating and joyful look at perspective,...
13) A pig is big
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text explains that cows are bigger than pigs, cars are bigger still, and the universe is the biggest of all.
14) Sizes
Author
Series
Publisher
AV2 by Weigl
Pub. Date
c2020
Language
English
Description
Young learners will explore and identify basic sizes.
15) Giant Tess
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Being the only giant around, Tess wants more than anything to be like everyone else, but when she and Smokey, her dragon best friend, use their height to help save the big parade, Tess suddenly realizes that she is just the right size.
16) Call me Calvin
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Calvin is frustrated that he is not growing big, tall, or strong like his dad and wonders if there is more to being a man than just size and strength.
17) A cub story
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A bear cub emerges in the spring when everything he sees is new and interesting, and grows up (a little) as the seasons pass until when winter comes, and he returns to his mother's den to sleep until spring comes again.
Author
Publisher
Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of West Margin Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The little bush plane quietly watches the bigger and faster planes in the sky. But when a storm hits and people are stranded on a forested mountaintop, only one plane can come to the rescue."--
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