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100	1		_aSmith, David J. _94017
245	1	0	_aIf... a mind-bending new way of looking at big ideas and numbers / _cDavid J. Smith ; illustrated by Steve Adams.
260			_bKids Can Press, Toronto. _c2014
300			_a40 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
520			_aSome things are so huge or so old that it's hard to wrap your mind around them. But what if we took these big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compared them to things we can see, feel and touch? Instantly, we'd see our world in a whole new way. So begins this endlessly intriguing guide to better understanding all those really big ideas and numbers children come across on a regular basis. Author David J. Smith has found clever devices to scale down everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls). Accompanying each description is a kid-friendly drawing by illustrator Steve Adams that visually reinforces the concept
650		7	_aNatural history _0(OCoLC)1034268 _2fast _94018
650		7	_aNatural resources _0(OCoLC)1034403 _2fast _94019
650		7	_aPopulation _0(OCoLC)1071476 _2fast _94020
650		7	_aWorld history _0(OCoLC)1181345 _2fast _94021
650		7	_aAstronomy _0(OCoLC)819673 _2fast _94022
650		7	_aPicture books for children _0(OCoLC)1063717 _2fast _9724
650		7	_aSpace and time _0(OCoLC)1127622 _2fast _94023
650		7	_aSpace _0(OCoLC)1765196 _2fast _94024
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