This book is an informational children's book. It's tagline reads: "A different way to look at time." That's exactly what is provided with this book. Each page is a list of things that happen within a unit of time, seconds, minutes, hours, weeks, months, and years. For example, in one second, a rattlesnake shakes its tail in warning 60 times. Jenkins also provides some of the history of the measurement of time with each page.
I could see kids pouring over this book during reading time. It holds so many interesting things that kids can learn about. I don't think we realize much about the speed in which things happen in nature. The amount of times a bird flaps its' wings, or a bat sends high pitched calls. The story also includes lengths of travel in a certain amount of time for animals and for planes. Obviously being an informational book, it doesn't read like a story, but it introduces measurements of time in an increasing interval. You have a few pages of seconds, then minutes, then hours, and so on. It has a logical sequence ending with some of the world's oldest living animals. It also includes a lifespan timeline and a history of time and timekeeping timeline as well. It proves to be very informational, but it is presented in a fun and exciting way. I would love to have this in my library for students to read. I think it would also be a great one to pull out during time units in math!
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