How Heavy?: Wacky Ways to Compare Weight (Wacky Comparisons) - Softcover

Weakland, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 147951912X ISBN 13: 9781479519125

Publisher: Picture Window Books, 2013

Synopsis

Compares various heavy objects to lighter objects in unique, illustrated ways.

About this title

About the Author:

Mark Weakland wears many hats. As an author, he's written books for teachers, including Super Core!: Turbocharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, published by the International Reading Association. His book topics for children include sports, bacteria, comets, and poetry. Mark's also a reading specialist. He teaches kindergarten children, third graders, parents, and teachers. As a musician and songwriter, Mark sings, plays percussion, and strums the guitar. Many of his songs, including I Sure Love Pancakes and The Dooflicky Machine, have won national awards and contests. Mark lives in Western Pennsylvania.

Bill has been an illustrator all his working life and his work has been published worldwide. He is equally happy with a 'mouse' or a paint brush in his hand. He also runs a small design agency and enjoys the challenge that this variety of work presents. He has a passion for the environment, living and working from an earth sheltered house with its own water and energy supply. At the weekends you might find Bill shearing the sheep, tending his carrots or mowing the roof!

About this edition

• Publisher: Picture Window Books
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 147951912X
• ISBN 13: 9781479519125
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Bolton Bill