What's Older Than A Giant Tortoise?1 review Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 2004 A unique and superbly presented "kid friendly" introduction Written and illustrated by Robert E. Wells, What's Older Than A Giant Tortoise? will provide young readers ages 7 to 10 with concepts and examples to help them grasp the concept of epoch time and age in the lives of animals, plants, and planet Earth. Noting that some giant tortoises have lived for ...             What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew?4 reviews Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 1995 Fun food for curious minds. + What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew? + A must for the elementary school bookshelf + What an incredible idea for a scientific children's book!             Millions to Measure2 reviews David M. Schwartz HarperCollins, 2003 Measuring Made Easy and Fun..... + An excellent childrens book on measurement "There are millions of things-and many ways-to measure. Let's fly back in time and see how people measured many years ago..." Marvelosissimo the Magician's takes the reader from prehistoric times to the present on an entertaining and informative tour of measurement. Author, David Schwartz's ...             How Big Is a Foot?23 reviews Rolf Myller Yearling, 1991 an old favorite + Great Book for Measurement lessons + Starting to understand the idea of measuring.... + Great Book + Measurement             How Do You Lift a Lion?2 reviews Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 1996 Excellent Curriculum Tie-In + Pulleys, fulcrums and levers! This book easily and clearly illustrates the concept of pulley, screw and lever. Simple machines have never been so easy to explain. The cute animals and the banana party they have help the students in my 3rd grade class to understand force and work. Bravo!             Length (Math Counts)2 reviews Henry Arthur Pluckrose Children's Press(CT), 1995 Conceptualize Math! + length is easy This whole Math Counts series is great! They are a fun, easy way to introduce kids as early as 3 (my son's age) to math concepts. The large colorful photographs of everyday things help reinforce the different concepts. It helps kids to see the differenes in length, shapes in everyday things, ...             Weight (Math Counts) Henry Arthur Pluckrose Children's Press (CT), 1995 Photographs and text introduce the concept of weight and how to measure it.             How Tall, How Short, How Far Away? David A. Adler Holiday House, 2000 Introduces several measuring systems such as the Egyptian, inch-pound, and metric system.             The Metric System (His An Early Metric Book) William J. Shimek Lerner Pub Group (L), 1975 Describes the development of the metric system and explains its basis on the number ten, the prefixes used, and the relationship of the basic units for measuring length, weight, and volume.             Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is?7 reviews Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 1993 Great picture book for science and math integration + Fantastic Teaching Tool! + Great teaching tool + Biggest There Is + 4th Graders Use it too!             This Book Is About Time (A Brown Paper School Book) Marilyn Burns, Martha Weston Little Brown and Company, 1978 Describes when, why, and how people started to measure time and discusses such topics as time zones, biorhythms, and jet lag. Also includes instructions for a variety of related projects.             How Do You Know What Time It Is? (Albert Whitman Prairie Books) Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 2002 Time is a mystery. And even though we can't see it or touch it, we can measure it--with clocks. But a long time ago, there were no clocks. Back then, people measured time by the sun. Egyptians were the first to keep track of time, with a shadow stick clock, and they were the first to divide time into hours. While clocks kept track of hours, the moon helped keep track of months. The first ...             Time (Math Counts)1 review Henry Arthur Pluckrose Children's Press (CT), 1995 Very Good This book was shipped in a timely manner. It is a very easy read with great pictures that young children will enjoy.             What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah?2 reviews Robert E. Wells Albert Whitman & Company, 1997 Write on, Wells! + A Thriller Robert E. Wells writes about speed in a book that is fun and easy for younger elementary school kids to understand. The book compares the fastest living things such as the ostrich and cheetah, then moves on to rocket ships and meteoroids and the speed of sound and light. A chart in the back ...             Bats Around the Clock2 reviews Kathi Appelt HarperCollins, 2000 Boogie oogie oogie + Wonderful for Bat Fans All night long the bats get down on American Batstand and at each hour the bats take up a different dance as Click Dark, their host, introduces a new tune. Children will love the sotry and feel absolutely brilliant once they've discovered that they can use this story to learn to tell time or help ...             What Time Is It? A Book Of Math Riddles (level 2) (Hello Reader, Math)1 review Sheila Keenan Cartwheel, 2000 Fun, fun book A really fun book for new (level 2)readers. Great for incorporating telling time and reading riddles. Highly recommend it!             Hershey's Weights and Measures Book3 reviews Jerry Pallotta Topeka Bindery, 2003 Excellent book to teach kids the basics of measurement! + Hershey's Weights and Measures This is an excellent book to help kids learn the basics of measurement. As an elementary school teacher, I have been using this book year after year and I have definitely seen the great results reflected in the standardized tests scores (as opposed to those teachers who have not used this book and ...             Twelve Snails to One Lizard: A Tale of Mischief and Measurement1 review Susan Hightower Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1997 Twelve Snails to One Lizard This is a delightful book about the problems a beaver has measuring a log to repair the dam on his pond. His friend, Bubba Bullfrog, offers him many non-standard measurements that would be appropriate to use. All prove to be a pain for Milo, in more ways than one!Bubba realizes he has a yardstick ...             Telling Time: How to Tell Time on Digital and Analog Clocks!1 review Jules Older Charlesbridge Publishing, 2000 Telling Time After Reading Through Once! Our almost 6 year old has been wanting to be able to tell time for the past year. We've tried many different manipulatives with not much luck past the o'clocks and X:30. After reading this book just once, she's now actually telling time on analog clocks. It's slow going, but she really gets it now. ...             Pigs in the Pantry: Fun with Math and Cooking (Aladdin Picture Books)1 review Amy Axelrod Aladdin, 1999 A STELLAR review This book is good for ages 5-7. Mrs. Pig was feeling under the weather so her family decided they would make her her favorite chili while she took a nap. Of course they put in too many ingredients and made a disaster. Nobody liked the chili. It was disgusting!