Curious Comparisons: A Life-Size Look at the World Around You by George Doneiger - ESSENTIAL

Curious Comparisons: A Life-Size Look at the World Around You by George Doneiger, Photographs by Guido Chouela, Christina Reche, Marcelo Setton and David Sisso 63 pages. PICTURE BOOK, NON-FICTION Candlewick, 2020. $18. 9781536200218 

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3), EL - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: HIGH 

How much milk does a cow give every day (7 gallons)? How many balloons could you fill with the air you breathe in just one day (800)? How many ears of corn to make a bag of popcorn? How many grains in 1 bucket of sand? Side by side visual comparisons of these things so we can see "how much." If a St. Bernard eats this much food (turn the page) he will poop this much. 

Translated from Spanish by Iraida Iturralde. Every picture is life size, the elephants foot next to a mouse was amazing. My favorite photo was how many flowers the bees need to visit to make a gallon of honey (4 page spread). Also includes 4 pages of additional facts (without the life size pictures) like why the ostrich can't fly, what sand is made of, and why Earth is so unusual. Full of great facts, elementary science classes will love sharing this.

Lisa Librarian