Time

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780749636579

Collation

32 pages : illustration : 22 cm

Series Title

Let's explore

Call Number

529 PLU

Me counting time

How long is a minute? What is a decade? How many decades are in a century? Now with new illustrations by Alex Willmore, Me Counting Time is a playful introduction to the concept of time. When a young boy prepares for his seventh birthday and counts how many years old he is, he begins on an exploration of the many units of time that are a part of everyday life. Fun to read, easy to understand…

A second is a hiccup : a child's book of time

"How long is a second?" "A second is a hiccup--the time it takes to kiss your mom, or jump a rope, or turn around." The newest book by acclaimed picture-book creators Hazel Hutchins and Kady McDonald Denton explains units of time in imaginative terms children can understand: A second lasts as long as a hiccup; a week is seven sleeps; and a year is the time it takes to grown into new shoes! A…

My first picture book of telling the time

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

0861630440

Collation

18 pages : illustration ; 31 cm

Series Title

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Call Number

529 CLO

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The warlord's kites

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Counting on Frank

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Inch by inch

This favorite classic picture book introduces children to a winning, winsome inchworm who can measure anything under the sun, from a robin’s tail to a toucan’s beak. When a hungry nightingale threatens to eat him for breakfast unless he can measure her song, the inchworm will have to cleverly solve the dilemma. This is a whimsical and sweet picture book that asks, “Can a song be measured?…