“Life on earth is a whole, yet it expresses itself in unique time-bound bodies, microscopic or visible, plant or animal, extinct or living. So there can be no one place to be. There can be no one way to be, no one way to practice, no one way to learn, no one way to love, no one way to grow or to heal, no one way to live, no one way to feel, no one thing to know or be known. The particulars count.”
― Jon Kabat-Zinn, Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
My William, age 11, loves facts. He loves information and numbers. He loves to compare this to that and that to this. He loves sorting and ordering. He loves data and creating tables, charts and graphs. This book grabbed William instantly and he has had his nose in it every day since it arrived.
Earth Is Big is a brilliant book of comparisons. Through the striking pages of this book readers can explore planet Earth (and a lot of other things) through measurement and comparison. Readers can also learn about perspective and how we all see things differently depending on our point of reference. In this book Earth is the point of reference and we find things across all the known universe that are bigger, smaller, older, younger, hotter, colder, drier and wetter. There is SO much information in this book! Presented with a retro style this book is packed with fascinating, mind blowing facts and numbers galore!
From exoplanets to extinctions, mammals to fossils, sports balls to sports cars … this books has something for everyone.
William has loved learning all about the different ways we measure different things.
Read this book to learn what heat is and how we measure it. To learn how we measure speed, how we measure elevations, density, volume, capacity and time.
If you are looking for a book to introduce standard measures in a memorable way this is it.
If you are looking for a book for a child who loves numbers and facts, this is it.
If you are looking to inspire children to learn more about the planet that we live on, this is it.
If you are looking for a book to help children understand the world around us, this is it.
Earth is Big is it!
We were sent a copy of the book in return for an honest review