Just a Second

Written by Steve Jenkins

Discover time through nature's rhythms and events beyond the ticking clock.

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40 pages· 870L

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Bookroo's summary

Explore time in a whole new way through the natural world's rhythms. From a vulture's wing flap to a mayfly's fleeting life, each moment holds wonders. Dive into a captivating journey that redefines how we perceive seconds, minutes, and hours. What secrets does time hold when viewed through nature's lens? Uncover the extraordinary in the ordinary with vivid illustrations that bring these moments to life.

From the publisher

What can happen in just a second, a minute, or an hour?How can we measure time?The flap of a vulture’s wing.A crocodile’s heartbeat.The weight of a baby blue whale.The life of a mayfly.These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time.But what exactly is time?In Just a Second, 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. 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.

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