A Hundred Billion Trillion Stars

By Seth Fishman, Isabel Greenberg (Illustrator)

Explore the universe's vast numbers and discover your unique place among them.

4.9/7 Bookroo experts·4.1/5 Goodreads · 794 ratings

40 pages· 509 words· Est. 4 min read-aloud

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Bookroo's summary

Dive into a world of mind-boggling numbers, from trillions of trees to quadrillions of ants. With playful illustrations and a friendly narrative, this book invites curious minds to explore the universe's vastness and find their own special place within it. Perfect for young readers fascinated by science and math, it challenges them to imagine the unimaginable and see the extraordinary in the everyday. How do you fit into this grand numerical tapestry? Discover the answer in a journey through the cosmos and beyond, where the biggest numbers meet the smallest, most unique you.

From the publisher

“This picture book is one in a gazillion.”—Jane O’Connor, the New York Times–bestselling author of the Fancy Nancy series Did you know that the earth is covered in three trillion trees? And that seven billion people weigh about the same as ten quadrillion ants? Our world is full of constantly changing numbers, from a hundred billion trillion stars in space to thirty-seven billion rabbits on Earth. Can you imagine that many of anything? The playful illustrations from New York Times–bestselling artist Isabel Greenberg and the friendly, straightforward voice of author Seth Fishman illuminate some of the biggest numbers in the universe—a hundred billion trillion stars—and the smallest—one unique and special YOU. Here is a book for story time, for science time, for math time, for bedtime, and all the times in between. Perfect for curious children, classrooms eager for STEM content, and readers who have devoured Ada Twist, Scientist and How Much Is a Million?

Awards

Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor (2018)

At a glance

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 40
Words: 509
Reading age: 4–8
Audience: Picture
Lexile: AD650L

Themes & topics

Books about Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Books about math Books about numbers Books about statistics Books about individuality

What readers & critics say

Reviews

4.9

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4.8

“A very fun book integrating facts and big numbers with a nice message and beautiful illustrations. I didn't love the fact about the 70 pounds of bugs we'll eat in our lifetime, though. Many of the pages have the number written out in the bottom corner of the page (like "three hundred seventy billion billion), but some of the pages repeat the numbers, and then you're expected to remember them. It does teach kids how to read these numbers at the back of the book, but as a parent I was wishing they were all written out for me repeatedly, as I didn't feel I had the energy today to figure them out while reading.”

B is for Bookworm

Trusted reviewer

5.0

“Not a story, but interesting from a numbers and non fiction perspective”

Marmee

Trusted reviewer

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