Burlington Public Library

"Are YOU big? A simple question sends readers to the far reaches of the universe"--

Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.

Biscuit, a little puppy, and Sam, a big dog, play together despite their difference in size.

A boy and his dog present amusing counting, size comparison, and mathmatical facts.

Emily Elizabeth is struggling to fit in at home and in school when she meets Clifford, a tiny red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. But when Clifford undergoes a magical growth spurt overnight, he attracts the attention of a genetics company looking for a way to supersize animals. With the help of her Uncle Casey, the people in her neighborhood, and some new friends made along the way, Emily Elizabeth and Clifford have to go on the...

Simple text and photographs introduce the concept of opposites, encouraging readers to compare things that are big with things that are little.

"Learn all about your favorite dinosaurs while seeing them juxtaposed over real-life settings. This book helps kids understand how big (or small) dinos really were."--

Little Mole goes on a journey to see how big the world really is.

Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.

What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight? To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws....