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Author Brown, James (Illustrator)

Title A world of information / James Brown & Richard Platt.

Publication Info. Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Studio, 2017.
©2016

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 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J031.02 BR    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description 63 pages : color illustrations ; 38 cm
Note "All ages"--Page 4 of Cover.
Summary Facts and figures for the curious reader. Covers more than 30 fascinating "general knowledge" topics, including shapes, tides, the solar system, and the periodic table.
Contents Different types of knots -- Cloud classification -- The solar system -- Anatomy of type -- The human skeleton -- Spelling, Morse, and semaphore alphabets -- Atomic structure -- The golden ratio & the Fibonacci sequence -- Music notation -- The anatomy of a bicycle -- The structure & atmosphere of planet Earth -- Greek alphabet -- Screws & nails -- Impossible shapes -- Time zones & tectonic plates -- The human eye -- Ship's watch schedule & international code of signals -- Flight -- Solstices and equinoxes -- Rivers -- Periodic table of the elements -- Pencils & brushes for the artist and designer -- The phases of the moon -- Organs of the body -- Regular polygons -- The layout of an orchestra -- Neap & spring tides -- Roman numerals -- The Mohs scale of mineral hardness -- International Organization for Standardization paper sizes.
Subject Curiosities and wonders -- Juvenile literature.
Science -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Illustrated children's books.
Curiosities and wonders.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Astronomy.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Biology.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Chemistry.
Curiosities and wonders. (OCoLC)fst00885285
Illustrated children's books. (OCoLC)fst00967392
Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
Genre/Form Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Miscellanea. (OCoLC)fst01423854
Nonfiction.
Added Author Platt, Richard, author.
ISBN 9780763693480 (hardcover) : $25.00
0763693480 (hardcover) : $25.00
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