Just a second / Steve Jenkins
| Author(s): | Jenkins, Steve, 1952- |
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| Subjects: | Time--Juvenile literature Nature--Juvenile literature |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Juvenile |
| Published: | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011 |
| LC Classification: | Q, QB |
| Notes: | LCCN: 2011002104 ISBN: 9780618708963 (hardback) ISBN: 0618708960 (hardback) Summary: "This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time. Just a Second is visualized as a linear series of illustrations and captions, starting with a second, a minute, an hour, a month, and a year. What happens in a second? A gnat beats its wings 1000 times. A hummingbird beats its wings 75 times. A shrew's heart beats 13 times. A bat squeaks and listens for an echo 10 times. A dropped stone falls 16 feet. Earth travels 18 miles in its trip around the sun. A cheetah can run 100 feet" -- Provided by publisher Contents: In one second -- In one minute -- In one hour -- In one day -- In one week -- In one month -- In one year -- Very quick -- Very long IMC copy purchased with monies from the Richard & Dorothy Duncan Fund |
| Physical Description: | 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. map ; 21 cm |
| Donation Info: | Donor : Duncan, Richard Donor : Duncan, Dorothy |
| OCLC Number: | 694830015 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 9780618708963 0618708960 |