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Comparing and Estimating Relative Sizes

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Actual Size  by Steve Jenkins; also Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest and Biggest, Strongest, Fastest 

Counting on Frank z By Rod Clement, unusual illustrations, relative sizes/amounts
The Big Squirrel and the Little Rhinoceros z Y Damjan, Mischa/de Beer, Hans  1991 Size and perspective
Estimation   Linn, Charles/Madden, Don  1970Activities, simple intro
Hello Math Readers/Marilyn Burns Activities Included: Slower Than A Snail (Level 2) by A. Schreiber / What's Up With That Cup? (Level 2) by Sheila Keenan / The Fattest, Tallest, Biggest Snowman Ever (Level 3) by Bettina Ling
If You Hopped Like A Frog by David M. Schwartz, relative comparisons
In the Small, Small Pond, Y Fleming, Denise   1993  Size and perspective, Caldecott Honor
In the Tall, Tall Grass, Y Fleming, Denise   1993  Size and perspective
Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing Ever? z Robert Wells, Excellent intro to comparative sizes and *why* we have large numbers
Jim and the Beanstalk  Briggs, Raymond  1993  Size / perspective. Humor, plays on classic story
MathStart Readers by Stuart Murphy: Just Enough Carrots z Comparing amounts, less, more; The Best Bug Parade L1 Comparing sizes ; Betcha!  L3 Estimating
Much Bigger Than Martin by Steven Kellogg, Soft math, visual story
So Big! My First Measuring Book zY Falkner, Keith - My 4 to 6 y/olds love this, built in height& length measuring device; there's a time version that is also good but not as engaging
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Taback, Simms  1997 Volume, size, prediction, chain of relationships. Caldecott Honor; Related book that is VERY fun: I Know An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie, by Alison Jackson
Twice Upon A Time z Shapiro, Irwin/Adams  1973 Proportions, twice vs. once, great illustrated story
What's Faster Than a Speeding Cheetah? By Robert E. Wells, living science book as well
What's Smaller Than a Pygmy Shrew z By Robert E. Wells, living science book as well

 
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