Brian P. Cleary is the author of the Words Are CATegorical(R), Math
Is CATegorical(R), Food Is CATegorical(TM), and Animal Groups Are
CATegorical(TM) series, as well as several picture books. He lives
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Brian Gable is the illustrator of many of the best-selling Words
Are CATegorical(R) books, as well as the Math Is CATegorical(R)
series. Mr. Gable lives in Toronto, Canada.
Introduce young readers to the concept of measurement with picture
books and informational titles that go the distance.Children love
to size up the world around them. Although they are quick to figure
out that a favorite toy ends at 10 on a ruler, they need guidance
in learning what makes an inch, a foot, or a yard and how these
units from our customary system compare to the metric system. This
annotated bibliography offers not only books that introduce the
concept of measurement and the need for standard measurements but
also books about such innovative measurers as Eratosthenes, who
measure the circumference of the Earth in the third century BCE,
and Fannie Farmer, who invented modern recipes with exact
measurements, as well as books that simply make measuring fun. A
special sidebar, "Size Matters," features books that allow children
to observe size comparisons and realize the importance of
measurement, from the smaller particles to the biggest dinosaurs. .
. . Informational Books How Long or How Wide? A Measuring Guide. By
Brian P. Cleary. Illus. by Brian Gable. 2007. 32p. Millbrook,
paper, $6.95 (9781580138444); lib. ed., $15.95 (9780822566946).
530.8. Gr. 1-4. Similar to Cleary's other Math Is CATegorical
titles, bouncy thymes and jovial cartoon cats humorously introduce
the concept of measuring length. The author begins with the inch,
foot, and yard and relates them to the metric system's millimeter,
centimeter, decimeter, and meter. Concluding charts and size
comparisons provide a good recap. The series also presents the
concept of weight with On the Scale, a Weighty Tale (2008).
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