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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The colossal plants and animals of our world-dinosaurs, whales, and even trees-are a source of unending fascination, and their sheer scale can be truly impressive. Size is integral to the way that organisms experience the world: a puddle that a human being would step over without thinking is an entire world to thousands of microscopic rotifers. But why are creatures the size that they are? Why aren't bugs the size of elephants, or whales the size...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Clifford begins life as a very small red puppy, but once he starts growing into a very large red dog there seems no limit to his potential size. This is a story of how the biggest and most loved dog in America got to be so big!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Carefully leveled text and engaging full-color photos introduce early fluent readers to the world's biggest mammals, describing their physical features and behavior while comparing aspects of their size to everyday items familiar to young readers. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
A level 2 reader in the Scholastic nonfiction reader line featuring gigantic animals that you'll hardly believe are real! Some people are short and some people are tall, but everyone is a little different. The same is true for animals. Some animals are small and others are bigger. But did you know that certain animals grow much, MUCH larger than all others of their kind? In this level 2 reader, you'll meet oversized animals--from rabbits the size...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Being big can have its advantages, but it also comes with sizeable challenges. Take the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, whose huge appetite means it must take on prey ten times its weight, or the tallest of them all, the giraffe, who with such a long neck must control immense blood pressure. Nature's biggest beasts must go to extraordinary lengths to thrive. For them, size does matter.
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Series
Language
English
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"Two fuzzy creatures can't agree on who is small and who is big, until a couple of surprise guests show up, settling it once and for all! An original and very funny story about size -- it all depends on who's standing next to you"--Weston Woods website, April 7, 2016.
11) Big beasts
Author
Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Everything you need to know about enormous dinosaurs, mammoth mammals, and underwater giants is packed into this fact-filled book.
15) Big Little Hippo
Author
Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Little Hippo cannot wait to grow up and complains that all the other animals are bigger than him, until he helps a small beetle and feels better about himself.
16) Can I come too?
Author
Publisher
Peachtree
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A very small mouse sets out to find something special--the biggest creature in the world. Along her journey, she meets a menagerie of animals who want to join her in her quest, including a frog, a badger, and a tiger. She visits lakes, rivers, woods, and even climbs a mountain and stops by a zoo. And when she arrives at the ocean, will she finally find the biggest animal of all?" -- Amazon.com.
17) I am just right
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A boy who is too big for his crib, his tricycle, and being picked up by his grandfather is just the right size for his bed, bicycle, and Grandpa's hugs.
18) Downsizing
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul Safrane and his wife Audrey decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realizes that we are meant for something bigger.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp. LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Felix's school is haunted yet again, but this time it's a ghost from the past when former school director Stingbeard returns and manages to shrink Felix's parents and take over the school. It's down to Felix, Ella, and their gang to set the levers in motion to save the school and return Felix's parents to their original size!
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