How big is it? : a big book all about BIGness /

by Hillman, Ben.

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BookSeries: What's the big idea?: Publisher: New York : Scholastic Reference, c2007Description: 47 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 9780439918084; 0439918081.Subject(s): Size perception -- Juvenile literature | Size judgment -- Juvenile literature | SizeOnline resources: Publisher description

Contents:

Giant squid: Lengthy leggy leviathan -- Olympus mons: Biggest volcano in the solar system -- Reticulated python: Longest snake -- Quetzalcoatlus: Biggest animal that ever flew -- Great pyramid at Giza: Wonder of the ancient world -- Goliath bird-eating spider: Biggest, creepiest arachnid -- Tsunami: Highest wave -- Polar bear: Biggest living carnivore -- Dragonfly of the carboniferous: Biggest flying insect -- Ice age glacier: Gigantic ice sheet -- Airship: Biggest flying machine -- Dinosaur-killing asteriod: Giant rock from outer space -- Egg of the elephant bird: Largest egg in history -- Redwood: Tallest living thing -- Akula (shark) submarine: Biggest diving machine -- Giraffe: Tallest living animal -- Arecibo radio telescope: Biggest dish -- Diamond: Too big for your finger -- Valles Marineris: Biggest crack in the solar system -- Flower: Biggest, weirdest flower -- Eta Carinae: Enormous star -- Googol: Extremely gigantic humongous insanely large number.

Summary: 1. Size perception--Juvenile literature