About Time: A First Look at Time and Clocks - Brossura

Koscielniak, Bruce

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ISBN 10: 0544105125 ISBN 13: 9780544105126

Casa editrice: Clarion Books, 2013

Riassunto

“[An] impressive history of timekeeping.”—Horn Book

Bruce Koscielniak, in this Common Core text exemplar, tells the intriguing story of the many years spent tinkering and inventing to perfect the art of telling time. When time itself was undefined, no one knew the difference between a minute, an hour, and a day. Then people started creating tools to measure time. First they used the sun, the moon, and the water, but soon after people began using their knowledge about the natural world to build clocks and to create calendars made up of months and years. Centuries later, we have clocks and calendars all around us!

This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Informational Texts)

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Recensione:

“Children will be entertained as well as informed by this presentation.”— School Library Journal

“Mechanically minded children willing to follow Koscielniak through this quick history of calendars and clocks will find the time well spent.”—Kirkus Reviews

“[An] impressive history of timekeeping”—The Horn Book

“Brightening every page is watercolor artwork: clear diagrams of astronomical relationships, stylized historical scenes . . . and excellent pictures of clock mechanisms, which, in conjunction with the text, enlighten readers as to how the ‘workings’ actually work. Students beyond the ‘telling time’ stage will find this an attractive introduction to the broader subject of time.”—Booklist

L'autore:

Bruce Koscielniak is the author and illustrator of several books for children; he is also a musician who has played the violin and jazz guitar for many years. He lives in the Berkshires region of Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Clarion Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0544105125
• ISBN 13: 9780544105126
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 30