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Millions to Measure
By Schwartz, David M.
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68812-916-3 978-0-06623-784-8
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
Gr 1-5 The creators of How Much Is a Million? (1985) and If You Made a Million (1989, both Lothrop) bring forth another great resource in this book about weights and measures. Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician returns, this time to teach kids about how measurement was developed many years ago, and was first based on feet. The b...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2003
The author and illustrator of the acclaimed How Much Is a Million? (rev. 7/85) and If You Made a Million (rev. 9/89) return with a look at the history of measurement. Here Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician guides four children back through time to learn how people gradually began to standardize the units used to represent quantities of distance/length, mass/weight, and volume. (Readers should note, however, that this book doesn't get as far as ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
