{"id":9381,"date":"2012-08-11T21:18:52","date_gmt":"2012-08-12T01:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=9381"},"modified":"2012-08-11T21:18:52","modified_gmt":"2012-08-12T01:18:52","slug":"review-of-just-a-second-by-steve-jenkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=9381","title":{"rendered":"Review of Just a Second, by Steve Jenkins"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Just a Second<\/p>\n

A Different Way to Look at Time<\/em><\/p>\n

by Steve Jenkins<\/p>\n

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston, 2011
\nStarred Review<\/p>\n

I think this is the first time I’ve read a book by Steve Jenkins where I pored over the words without noticing the exquisite art the first time through. Make no mistake, his cut-paper art is as detailed and amazing as ever. It’s so realistic, I’m not sure I noticed at first that it was his usual cut-paper art and not drawings.<\/p>\n

But the text! This is a practical way to explain time. He mentions where seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years came from (most being a long-time-ago invention of man). Then he tells some things that happen in each amount of time.<\/p>\n

Did you know that in one second “A peregrine falcon in a dive, or stoop, plunges more than 300 feet”?<\/p>\n

Did you know that in one week “Moose antlers, the fastest-growing tissue of any mammal, can add 6 inches to their length”?<\/p>\n

Did you know that in one year “More than 2,000,000 people are killed by mosquito-borne diseases”? “Humans cut down 4,000,000,000 trees”?<\/p>\n

The book is full of facts like that: some fascinating, some surprising, some disturbing. Some, like “In one year an estimated 50 people are killed by sharks,” may be included because the accompanying illustrations are so much fun.<\/p>\n

This book definitely succeeds as a “Different Way to Look at Time.” Good for children learning about time, as well as for science buffs, as well as for the simply curious.<\/p>\n

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Source: This review is based on a library book from the Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n

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