Just a Second

Just a Second

<DIV>What can happen in just a second,<BR>a minute, or an hour?</DIV><DIV>How can we measure time?<BR>The flap of a vulture’s wing.<BR>A crocodile’s heartbeat.<BR>The weight of a baby blue whale.<BR>The life of a mayfly.<BR>These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time.<BR>But what exactly is time?<BR>In <I>Just a Second,</I> the award-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins brings forth unique ways to think about time beyond the hands we see every day on a ticking clock.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV> This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time. </DIV>