How Big is a Million?

Klappentext A picture book to help young children understand the concept of big numbers. Pipkin the smallest penguin, sets out on a quest to answer his question; on the way he meets 100 penguins, sees 1,000 snowflakes and meets 1 new friend, before his amazing discovery of how big 1,000,000 really is - as a special fold-out poster at the end shows him looking at the sky, printed with exactly one million stars. Full colour. Ages: 18 months+ Zusammenfassung Pipkin the smallest penguin is always asking questions! but what he wants to know most of all is how big is a million? This picture book helps children understand the concept of big numbers. It also includes a fold-out poster that shows Pipkin looking at the sky! printed with exactly one million stars.

Autorentext

Growing up on the Wirral and in Germany, Anna wrote plays about talking animals, and stories about naughty children, and drew on every available surface. After school, she did an Art Foundation course, then a degree in German Literature & Philosophy at Oxford University. In 1998 she found her perfect job at Usborne in London, writing about everything from curious penguins to trips to the Moon.

Klappentext

A million is a very big number. But exactly how big? Pipkin the penguin wants to know just that. The wonderful tale of a small penguin with a big heart on a journey to discover just how big a million really is. A special 1 x 1.5m fold-out poster at the end of the book shows Pipkin looking at the sky, printed with exactly one million stars. Charmingly illustrated with gentle humour and memorable characters.

Zusammenfassung
Pipkin the smallest penguin is always asking questions, but what he wants to know most of all is how big is a million? This picture book helps children understand the concept of big numbers. It also includes a fold-out poster that shows Pipkin looking at the sky, printed with exactly one million stars.