Book Review: If... by David J Smith and Steve Adams

Today's book review is If... A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers by David J Smith and Steve Adams. This book takes big, hard-to-imagine objects and events and compares them to things we can see, feel and touch. Instantly, children start to see the world in a whole new way. It covers everything from time lines (the history of Earth compressed into one year), to quantities (all the wealth in the world divided into one hundred coins), to size differences (the planets shown as different types of balls). Accompanying each well worded description is an age appropriate drawing by amazing illustrator Steve Adams that adds real value and fires the readers imagination even more. This book would be great for a child on the autism spectrum who is obsessed with facts to show them how to balance what 'is' with what could be, or a child with SPD who struggles to put big and little things into perspective.  A great home school resource as well.
Product detailsFormat Hardback | 40 pages Dimensions 238.76 x 243.84 x 12.7mm | 453.59g Publication date 01 Aug 2014 Publisher Kids Can Press Publication City/Country Toronto, Canada Language English Illustrations note colour illustrations ISBN10 1894786343 ISBN13 9781894786348 http://www.bookdepository.com/If-Steve-Adams-David-J-Smith/9781894786348?ref=grid-viewwww.michelleworthington.com