Octopuses Have Zero Bones

Name: Octopuses Have Zero Bones
Brand: Simon & Schuster NZ
SKU: 9781735311524
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A Counting Book About Our Amazing World

By Anne Richardson

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Summary

Octopuses Have Zero Bones is an unconventional and engaging counting book that explores numbers zero to nine and the powers of ten, from ten to nine billion. It uses playful facts to spark curiosity, answering questions like how many bones an octopus has, how many breaths you take daily, and how many moons orbit Mars. Richly illustrated and filled with fascinating trivia, this delightful book invites readers of all ages to fall in love with numbers and the wonders of the natural world.
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This book is ideal for curious children, families, and inquisitive minds of all ages. It is especially suitable for classroom and school libraries, offering layered content accessible to both young readers and learners at multiple levels.

Description

“Prepared for the most inquisitive readers, bringing answers to fresh questions they may not even have thought to ask” —Smithsonian Magazine

“This is a multi-dimensional triumph.” —Larry Gonick, Overeducated Cartoonist & Author of Cartoon Guide Series

“An instant classic—a fun, fascinating must-read for any child or kid at heart.” —Lindsay Bierman, Executive Director & CEO, Exploratorium

An unconventional, engaging, and delightful counting book for curious minds that playfully uses numbers as an entry-point to discover the amazing, diverse, fact-filled world of wonders all around us.

Do you know…

How many bones an octopus has?
How many breaths you take a day?
How many times a black bear’s heart beats each hour?
How many moons Mars has?
How many miles a trip to the moon and back is? How about a trip to Saturn?
How many leaves are on an oak tree?
How many meters there are between you and the clouds?
What happens when you keep placing zeroes at the end of numbers?

The answers to these questions appear in this book—along with many more amazing facts that celebrate the numbers zero to nine and powers of ten numbers ten to nine billion. Starting with zero instead of one, this whimsical, fact-filled counting book will delight readers of all ages. Combining elements of traditional and advanced counting books with a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around us, Octopuses Have Zero Bones encourages young readers to fall in love with numbers and the world around them.

Richly imagined and playfully illustrated, Octopuses Have Zero Bones is a great choice for children, families, and inquisitive people of all ages, and it is a strong addition to any classroom or school library. The book’s layered content offers an easy and attractive point of entry as well as the possibility to explore and understand more at multiple levels.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781735311524

Publisher: TRA Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 29 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: TRA Publishing

Illustration: 68 Illustrations

Contributors:

Illustrated by Andrea Antinori

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 248.0mm

Height: 314.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 68

Collections

Anne Richardson Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s & Teenage Non-Fiction Children’s, Teenage and Educational

About the Author

Anne Richardson is an author of experiences that kindle your curiosity. In her work, everything in the world is astonishing and worthy of our attention, from a drop of rain to the way we figure things out together. She is the senior director of Global Collaborations at the Exploratorium, San Francisco, where she works with partners worldwide to imagine and create new science centers and other extraordinary learning experiences. Richardson holds a PhD and an MS in environmental studies from Antioch University New England, and a BA in art history from Northwestern University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family, including two little explorers.

Andrea Antinori is an award-winning illustrator based in Bologna, Italy. Since he was a child, he has loved animals and he has loved to draw them. His favorite animal changes all the time. He likes octopuses very much, but right now, lemurs are the creatures he loves most. He wrote and illustrated the book On the Lives of Lemurs: A Short Treatise on Natural History. Other books he has illustrated include A Book about Whales and The Great Battle, the latter of which has received major international awards including:

Best International Illustrated Book — China Shanghai International Children's Book Fair, Premio Andersen — Best book 6-9 years olds, Selected illustrator for exhibition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2017, Italian illustrator in IBBY Honor List 2016