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Adler, David A.

How Tall, How Short, How Faraway

32 pp. | Holiday | March, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-8234-1375-6 $$15.95
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Nancy Tobin. Adler and Tobin team up again, this time to present methods of measuring in their hands-on, let's-have-fun style. They cover units of measure in ancient Egypt, demonstrate the importance of a standard unit of measure, introduce the customary (inch-pound) and metric systems, and more. Tobin's cartoonishly offbeat illustrations radiate enough pizzazz to motivate even the most resigned math haters.
Reviewer: Mary Burkey | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 1999

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