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About Time - by Bruce Koscielniak (Hardcover)

 About Time - by  Bruce Koscielniak (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Time to read a book.<br>Time to wash dishes.<br>Time to do this or that. <p/>You say things like this every day, all the time. But there was a time when time itself was undefined--no one knew the difference between a minute, an hour, or a day.<br> Then people started creating tools to measure time. First they used the big stuff around them--the sun, the moon, water. Soon after, using the knowledge they got from their natural time-telling tools, people began to build clocks--huge clocks unlike the ones we use today. They also used their knowledge of the sun and moon to create calendars made up of months and years.<br> Now, centuries later, we have clocks all around us. We can easily figure out how long a month is. But it took many years of tinkering and inventing to perfect the art of telling time. You could take a few moments now to read all about time. If you have a minute, that is.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Time to read a book.<br>Time to wash dishes.<br>Time to do this or that. <p/>You say things like this every day, all the time. But there was a time when time itself was undefined--no one knew the difference between a minute, an hour, or a day.<br>Then people started creating tools to measure time. First they used the big stuff around them--the sun, the moon, water. Soon after, using the knowledge they got from their natural time-telling tools, people began to build clocks--huge clocks unlike the ones we use today. They also used their knowledge of the sun and moon to create calendars made up of months and years.<br>Now, centuries later, we have clocks all around us. We can easily figure out how long a month is. But it took many years of tinkering and inventing to perfect the art of telling time. You could take a few moments now to read all about time. If you have a minute, that is. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades 4-5, Informational Texts)<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>Children will be entertained as well as informed by this presentation.<br>School Library Journal <p/>Koscielniak's watercolor depictions of various clockworks are unusually lucid and well-explained. Mechanically minded children...will find the time well spent.<br>Kirkus Reviews<br>

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