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....

"Are YOU small? This tiny question allows readers to zoom in from an average-sized kid down to a single quark"--

Presents the story of three big, fast, thieving dinosaurs hungrily encountering a slower dino who uses his smaller teeth to eat fruit and leaves.

Explores ways to compare size using crayons and photographs to illustrate concepts.

"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--

Infants can discover big and small things with images in the opposing colors of black, white and red.

Rhyming text explains that cows are bigger than pigs, cars are bigger still, and the universe is the biggest of all.

"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,...

A little tugboat shows how he can bring big ships into the harbor even though he is small.

"A tiny king rids his palace of everyone bigger than himself, except for the babies."--