In an interactive, large-format concept book that includes a watch with movable hands, youngsters follow a young boy and his dog throughout their day, learning about how to tell time and how to read a clock.
The magical clock that rises above Numbertown has doors which open at various times during the day, and amazing things happpen--the harlequin presents one dazzling sub, the ballerina sets two colorful cockatoos free, and so on, until the entire cast of characters is revealed at the stroke of midnight. Full color.
"For hundreds of years ships had been sailing to places far and near without really knowing where they were!" Sailors knew how to measure latitude, their location north or south of the equator, but they could not measure longitude, their location east or west of their home port. Because of this, many lives were lost worldwide. The key to solving this problem lay in devising a clock that could …
Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends have a busy time of the Island of Sodor. How will the engines run on time everyday. Match the hand of the clock to the time in the picture and help the engines to tell the time.
Illustrated in full color. This die-cut book features a clock with movable hands, making this introduction to the hours a tick-tock treasure. Young time-tellers can move the hands to match the time on the clocks pictured on each page as they follow Thomas the Tank Engine and his train yard pals through a busy day. Clever clock illustrations and simple text also introduce the concepts of minut…