Publisher Description

How LONG is a dinosaur? How LONG is a ship? How LONG is a rockets Earth to moon trip?

Author Biography

Jessica Gunderson grew up in the small town of Washburn, North Dakota. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of North Dakota and an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Mankato. She has written more than one hundred books for young readers. Her book President Lincoln's Killer and the America He Left Behind won a 2018 Eureka! Nonfiction Children's Book Silver Award. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin. Igor Sinkovec was born in Slovenia in 1978. As a kid, he dreamt of becoming a truck driver--or failing that, an astronaut. As it turns out, he got stuck behind a drawing board -- so sometimes he draws semi trucks and space shuttles. Igor makes his living as an illustrator. Most of his work involves illustrating books for kids. He lives in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Review

This set is fun and silly and compares things familiar to the target audience. . . .[will] lead to informative lessons about measurements.-- "School Library Journal"

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This set is fun and silly and compares things familiar to the target audience. . . .[will] lead to informative lessons about measurements.

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