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How Much Is a Million? (Reading Rainbow Books) Paperback – Picture Book, December 28, 2004

by David M Schwartz (Author), Steven Kellogg (Illustrator)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 472 ratings
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“A jubilant, original picture book.” —Booklist (starred review)

Ever wonder just what a million of something means? How about a billion? Or a trillion? Marvelosissimo the mathematical magician can teach you!

How Much Is a Million? knocks complex numbers down to size in a fun, humorous way, helping children conceptualize a difficult mathematical concept. It's a math class you'll never forget.

This classic picture book is an ALA Notable Book, a Reading Rainbow Feature Selection, and a Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor Book for Illustration.

The repackage of this fun look at math concepts includes a letter from the author that features several ways for children to find a million everyday things.

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  1. Reading age
    5 - 10 years, from customers
  2. Part of series
    Reading Rainbow
  3. Print length
    40 pages
  4. Language
    English
  5. Grade level
    Kindergarten - 3
  6. Lexile measure
    AD640L
  7. Dimensions
    9.02 x 0.13 x 10.92 inches
  8. Publisher
    HarperCollins
  9. Publication date
    December 28, 2004
  10. ISBN-10
    0688099335
  11. ISBN-13
    978-0688099336
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An attempt to help children conceptualize the immensity of numbers is aided immeasurably by the artist's jovial, detailed, whimsical illustrations. Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician demonstrates the meaning of a million by showing his four young friends (plus two cats, a dog, and a unicorn) that it would take twenty-three days to even count to a million and that a goldfish bowl large enough to hold a million goldfish could hold a whale. Seven pages are printed with tiny white stars on a grid pattern against a blue sky -- adding up to only one hundred thousand stars! And after that, a billion and a trillion are discussed, all with equally or even more outstanding examples; a trillion children standing on each other's shoulders would almost reach to the rings of Saturn. The author concludes with several pages of the mathematical calculations which support his examples, very clearly and humorously explained. An unusual idea, smoothly and amusingly presented.

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"Aside from being great fun, and it is, this book leads the viewer to conceptualize what at first seems inconceivable, no mean feat. A jubilant, original picture book."-- "Booklist"

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ HarperCollins; 20th Anniversary ed. edition (December 28, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 40 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0688099335
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0688099336
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 10 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ AD640L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ Kindergarten - 3
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.02 x 0.13 x 10.92 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 472 ratings

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With the same energy, humor and clarity found in his 50 books, David wows audiences at schools around the United States and beyond. David is an accomplished storyteller and a master at getting kids to think and have fun at the same time. His presentations lead children on entertaining and educational journeys that combine math, science, reading and writing. David also gives keynote presentations and workshops for educators at professional conferences.

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Alyssa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teachers!
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2023
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Buy for your fav teacher! This book is perfect as a read aloud for any grade class (even high schoolers enjoy a good read aloud!!!!). Since it deals with numbers and bigger numbers at that, it would be perfect for a math class or even connect to a personal finance or money related unit! Of course it would also be good for an elementary school teacher or English teacher’s classroom library!

The size of this book is great and the illustrations are imaginative and creative!
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Rose Garden
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for children and adults to understand numbers in politics
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021
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I have had this book for years for my kids and now grandson and nieces and nephews. It is the best book for understanding the enormity of these numbers that are used in everyday language. I think this book should be required reading not just for all grade schools, but high school and college required social science, economics, and political science classes.
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Nadine
5.0 out of 5 stars Cute book
Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2023
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Great book. Packaging wasn’t great. My book got bent up.
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Esk
5.0 out of 5 stars Really helps you understand a "million"!
Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2014
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What a fun book - I read this as a child and bought this for my own children. A million is a very difficult concept to grasp but this book does just that. The pictures are so lively and detailed - there are lots of things to see on every page. It also goes into "billion" and "trillion." It uses everyday objects like stars and other children to help kids intellectualy grasp how much a million really is! A classic and should be in every child's home library.
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Sabrina Wynn
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect! Great read!
Reviewed in the United States on May 8, 2020
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Just like the one I had as a child! I’m excited to share this with my children.

Gifted for a birthday and he loved it!
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freethinker
4.0 out of 5 stars another must have
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2013
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"How much is a million?" is a question that every child asks before 2nd grade, and this book provides an accessible visual answer. Adults reading this with a young child will probably be amazed as well! If your child continues with the obvious next question "what is the largest number there is?", after explaining that there is none, you might explain that the largest number that has actually been named is a "googolplex", 1 followed by a google of zeroes, and whip out Schwartz' book on the googol...
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Anna
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 23, 2022
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This is a great book for helping kids have a sense of large quantities.
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Ms.. Jessica J. Villa
5.0 out of 5 stars Great demonstration of a large sum.
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2020
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Very cute and enjoyable way to demonstrate a hard to fathom number for children. Beautifully illustrated.
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bluedaisyz
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book! I teach upper elementary
Reviewed in Canada on January 8, 2018
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Fantastic book! I teach upper elementary, and this book is really helpful for understanding the size of really big numbers.
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McEwang1
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. Highly recommed.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 4, 2015
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Great book. My daughter was asking what is the last number in the universe and what is a million and this really made her able to visualise the numbers. Thank you.
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Pitiiii
5.0 out of 5 stars Ich habe...
Reviewed in Germany on January 17, 2015
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... dieses Buch bestellt, weil ich eine bilinguale vierte Klasse unterrichte. Als wir den Zahlenraum bis zur Million lernten, habe ich damit veranschaulicht. Die Kinder haben das Buch geliebt und schauen es sich heute noch gerne an :)
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wbecky
5.0 out of 5 stars 大人も楽しめる本です
Reviewed in Japan on July 12, 2003
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１00万、１0億、1兆など子供達にはなかなか馴染みの無い数字を、面白い具体例を挙げて説明しています。例えば「1から100万まで数えたら、何日かかるか」とか「100万匹の金魚が入る金魚鉢はどの位の大きさになるか」など。しかも巻末には、これらの数字をどのようにして計算して出したかも、ちゃんと説明してあります。大人も読んでいて楽しい本です。
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Young one
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 19, 2015
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brilliant book - helped me greatly with lesson planning
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