Me and the Measure of Things
Grade 1-3-In an unusually thorough fashion for this audience,  Sweeney defines the various units of measurement. A young girl  prepares breakfast using teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, and  liquid measurements such as pints and quarts. Each unit is  defined in relation to the other and Cable's detailed drawings  serve as visual references. The crayon illustrations include  both pictorial and numeric references. From the "1 quart (32  ounces)" label on a milk carton to the "2,000 pounds=1 ton" note  next to a 1-ton bag of gummy bears, the pictures effectively  reinforce the concepts presented. That said, the artist's  childlike illustrations are not particularly attractive and the  young narrator's disproportionately large eyes are a bit  disturbing. The text itself is written clearly and in a  conversational manner. However, the number of concepts  introduced may be a little overwhelming for children to process  in a single read.Louie Lahana, New York City Public SchoolsCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.