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How Big Is Big

by Stephen Strauss

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Poetry and facts offer a look at the relativity of measurement terms, such as big and small, fast and slow, deep and high.

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Stephen Strauss

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IODE Jean Throop Book Award (2000)

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Languages: English
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Published: 1999
Genres: Nonfiction, Picture Books
DDC/MDS: 153.7
LCC: BF299 .S5 .S75

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Stephen Strauss

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