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Actual Size
Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
Category: Book

Buy Used: $13.11





Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 15 reviews

Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 12 x 10.1 x 0.5

ISBN: 1845075668
EAN: 9781845075668
ASIN: 1845075668

Publication Date: December 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: **UK SHIPPED** With friendly customer service! Sent by air mail. Our feedback says it all!"Buy with confidence, Buy Book EcoLOGICal"

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  • Hardcover - Actual Size (Bccb Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards))

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Customer Reviews:   Read 10 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Innovative, creative, inspiring   May 29, 2008
My 6 year has a ton of books and takes out a ton of books out of the libary. As a result, his bar is pretty high for books that wow him. After I bought this book, he asked me to read it to him every day for 2 weeks and it's still a favorite!

Big and small are fascinating themes for him and this book has an innovative approach to this concept.

Additionally, the actual size challenge is fabulous. Kids are fascinating by giant squids and tiny insects etc. It's wonderful to see some element of their size depicted in true size on the page. Very creative approach.

Has also inspired my son to think about biodiversity since so many \extra large or extra small outliers of species are depicted.

Great book.



5 out of 5 stars GREAT book for kids!!!   June 9, 2007
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

My daughter loves this book and so do I!!!! I highly recommend it to anyone with kids, and you yourself wil love it!!


5 out of 5 stars LOVE LOVE LOVE this book   January 15, 2007
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Holy cow, do my kids love this book. We bought it for our 3 year old son, thinking it would be too simplistic for our 5 year old, but both kids are fascinated with the pictures and love to compare their own body parts to the animals featured in the book. For example, they like to put their hands on the gorilla hand, measure their heads against the eye of the giant squid, put their toes on the elephant's toes...it's just a lot of fun to read this book to them because they get so engaged in the contents. Highly, highly recommended.


5 out of 5 stars Amazing, amazing book.   October 12, 2006
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

Between the paper-cut collage, the huge pages, the factual information done in a fun way and just the overall style of the book makes this one of my favorites I've reviewed so far. Children and adults will love to measure themselves up to the 3 foot giant gippsland earthworm and find out that the giant squid's eyeball is bigger than their head. There is even an open out middle page of the world's largest frog and a crocodile that can chew your arm off in one bite. Steve Jenkins, author and illustrator, did an amazing job with this book and I believe it is enjoyable for all ages.


5 out of 5 stars Buy this book!!!!   September 24, 2006
 2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This is a wonderful book for any classroom (Pre-school to Middle School). It's a great tool to motivate students to investigate on their own and explore other animal facts. Awards this book has won: 2005 NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book; 2004 The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (BCCB) Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Award. (Many of Steve Jenkins' books have won several awards and honors.) He's on my "author watch" list.

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