Bibliograph

How big is it?, a big book all about bigness, by Ben Hillman

Type

Label

How big is it?, a big book all about bigness, by Ben Hillman

Language

eng

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

1000, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How big is it?

Oclc number

71126924

Responsibility statement

by Ben Hillman

Series statement

What's the big idea?

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG, 6.0, 1.0, 117706.

Sub title

a big book all about bigness

Summary

Photographs and text introduce the concept of size through comparisons

Table Of Contents

Giant squid: Lengthy leggy leviathan -- Olympus mons: Biggest volcano in the solar system -- Reticulated python: Longest snake -- Quetzalcoatlus: Biggest animal that ever flew -- Great pyramid at Giza: Wonder of the ancient world -- Goliath bird-eating spider: Biggest, creepiest arachnid -- Tsunami: Highest wave -- Polar bear: Biggest living carnivore -- Dragonfly of the carboniferous: Biggest flying insect -- Ice age glacier: Gigantic ice sheet -- Airship: Biggest flying machine -- Dinosaur-killing asteriod: Giant rock from outer space -- Egg of the elephant bird: Largest egg in history -- Redwood: Tallest living thing -- Akula (shark) submarine: Biggest diving machine -- Giraffe: Tallest living animal -- Arecibo radio telescope: Biggest dish -- Diamond: Too big for your finger -- Valles Marineris: Biggest crack in the solar system -- Flower: Biggest, weirdest flower -- Eta Carinae: Enormous star -- Googol: Extremely gigantic humongous insanely large number

Target audience

juvenile

Classification