Just a Second: A Different Way to Look at Time (Hardcover)

from Katina_DeBerry

Did you know that a rattlesnake can shakes its tail 60 times in one second? In Just a Second, Steve Jenkins educates readers on the many things that can occur during varied amounts of time. The book begins with examples of things that can happen within a second, and the spans of time increase as ...

from crfonten

This book is about time and what animals can do in a certain amount of time. The book goes through what animals can do in one second, one minute, one hour, and so on. This would be an interesting book to read to students to have them gain perspective of what really can happen in one second, or wh...

from AmandaLK

More of an informational book. Shows what happens in a second, a minute, and hour, a day, and so on. Interesting for talking about time, but only reading parts at a time, or for students to read on their own; probably not a good read aloud book if you want to maintain interest. Drawings are inter...

from sabdelaz

Just a second is a book that is like its subtitle, "A different way to look at time." In this creative book, this book was written within the context of science and some social studies. It was mainly a book of facts that are interesting to know about.

from amulve2

I enjoyed reading the book "Just a second" by Steve Jenkins. One aspect I liked was the plot. First the book talks about how many things can be done in one second. It then goes on to talk about how many things can be done in one minute, one hour, one day, one week, one month, one year, very quick...