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Author:

Doneiger, Jorge, author.

Title:

Curious comparisons : a life-size look at the world around you / Jorge Doneiger ; photgraphs by Guido Chouela, Cristina Reche, Marcelo Setton, and David Sisso ; translated from the Spanish by Iraida Iturralde.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Candlewick Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm

Subject:

Science--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Curiosities and wonders--Juvenile literature.
Size perception--Juvenile literature.
Picture books for children.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Picture books.

Other Authors:

Chouela, Guido, photographer.
Reche, Cristina, photographer.
Sisso, David, photographer.
Setton, Marcelo, photographer.
Iturralde, Iraida, translator.

Other Titles:

Un libro en tamaño real English

Notes:

First edition published by Pequeno Editor (Argentina) and Oceano (Mexico) 2009, second edition published by Pequeno Editor (Argentina)2015 -- Title page verso.

Summary:

Are you curious about numbers, size, and how something small stacks up against something big? Accompanied by fascinating facts and figures, the life-size photographs in this book answer "What if?" and "How many?" for all kinds of creatures and objects. If you unravel all the thread from a T-shirt, how many times will that thread wrap around a city block? How many flowers does a hive of bees have to visit to collect enough pollen to make a pound of honey? The answers might surprise you!

ISBN:

1536200212
9781536200218

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1128199671

Locations:

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

ZXPC675 -- Fisher-Whiting Memorial Library (Mapleton)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

KOPC446 -- H.J. Nugen Public Library (New London)

JKPC771 -- Polk City Community Library (Polk City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)