Helen Plum Library

Great big and tiny little animals interact side by side

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....

Frustrated when his parents tell him he is too little for some things and too big for others, Olie decides to use the shrink and grow-a-lator

Rhyming text explains that cows are bigger than pigs, cars are bigger still, and the universe is the biggest of all

This Level 2 guided reader teaches how to classify objects by size and sort them into categories. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning how to identify and sort objects by one of their key attributes, size.

When baboon comes to take a photo of the tallest animals in the world, there is just one small problem: Geri is the shortest giraffe in the world!

Little Mole goes on a journey to see how big the world really is

A little boy's father seems so large to him that he needs a ladder to cuddle him and birds nest in his father's hair

Sam's dad says that he is too small to fly their new kite, but when Dad, the postman, a bank robber, and some zoo animals get pulled up into the sky, only Sam can save them

A little tugboat shows how he can bring big ships into the harbor even though he is small