Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780618708963)

What can happen in just a second,
a minute, or an hour?How can we measure time?
The flap of a vulture's wing.
A crocodile's heartbeat.
The weight of a baby blue whale.
The life of a mayfly.
These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time.
But what exactly is time?
In Just a Second, the award-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins brings forth unique ways to think about time beyond the hands we see every day on a ticking clock. 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.

Author: Steve Jenkins
ISBN-10: 0618708960
ISBN-13: 9780618708963
Publisher: Clarion Books
Language: English
Published: 10/25/2011
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.00h x 10.20w x 0.50d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 146849 / Just a Second

Award: Beehive Awards - Nominee
Award: Grand Canyon Reader Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 10/31/2011
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2011
Booklist 11/01/2011 pg. 50
School Library Journal 12/01/2011 pg. 99
People 12/19/2011 pg. 51
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2012 pg. 141 - Recommended, Satisfactory