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What makes a human society too big? What about a human being? Which alternative energy sources have the best chance of scaling and reducing our dependence on fossil fuels? Why do tall people make more money? What makes a face beautiful? How about a cathedral? How can changing the size of your plates help you lose weight?
To answer the most important questions of our age, we must understand size. Neither bacteria nor empires are immune to its laws....
5) Actual size
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[2004]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
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Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Samson is the star of Fleabag's Circus-this strong-flea can lift a match, he can lift a pea, he can lift lovely flea Amelie. But it's not enough-Samson wants to be the biggest star anywhere, so he sets off into the big, wide world.
15) Up to my knees!
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"Mei plants a seed and watches it grow. Soon the little plant is up to her toes, then her knees, then her waist. How tall will it get? Engages young children in exploring informal measurement."--
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Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
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Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
18) The toy brother
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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An apprentice alchemist finds that his despised kid brother is the only one who can help him when he concocts a potion which makes him the size of a peanut.
19) Cloudette
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Cloudette, the littlest cloud, finds a way to do something big and important as the other clouds do.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
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When the myriad tribes in the miniscule world of Carpet are threatened by the destructive forces of Fray, two brothers embark on a perilous adventure in the aftermath of their village's flattening to combat power-hungry mouls and save their people. A revised edition of the original work published in 1971 that includes updated text, original color and black-and-white illustrations, and an exclusive story (a forerunner to The Carpet People) written...