Just A Second - Houghton Mifflin Company

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.