How long is a minute? What is a decade? How many decades are in a century? Now with new illustrations by Alex Willmore, Me Counting Time is a playful introduction to the concept of time. When a young boy prepares for his seventh birthday and counts how many years old he is, he begins on an exploration of the many units of time that are a part of everyday life. Fun to read, easy to understand…
Illustrated in full color. This die-cut book features a clock with movable hands, making this introduction to the hours a tick-tock treasure. Young time-tellers can move the hands to match the time on the clocks pictured on each page as they follow Thomas the Tank Engine and his train yard pals through a busy day. Clever clock illustrations and simple text also introduce the concepts of minut…
"How long is a second?" "A second is a hiccup--the time it takes to kiss your mom, or jump a rope, or turn around." The newest book by acclaimed picture-book creators Hazel Hutchins and Kady McDonald Denton explains units of time in imaginative terms children can understand: A second lasts as long as a hiccup; a week is seven sleeps; and a year is the time it takes to grown into new shoes! A…
An array of real and literary characters and events is assembled for each month of the year to provide the reader with a photo-calendar guessing game focusing on birthdays and anniversaries.
A biography of the first man on the moon also provides information on space flight, the Apollo program, and the moon landings.
Suzanne Aker's What Comes in 2's, 3's, & 4's introduces the numbers two, three, and four by enumerating the ways in which they occur in everyday life, from your two eyes and two arms to the four seasons of the year.