{"product_id":"its-about-time-big-ideas-that-changed-the-world-6-a-nonfiction-graphic-novel-9781419773310","title":"It's about Time!: Big Ideas That Changed the World #6 (a Nonfiction Graphic Novel)","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning author-illustrator Don Brown explores the science of time in \u003ci\u003eIt's About Time!\u003c\/i\u003e, part of the Big Ideas That Changed the World graphic novel series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIt's About Time!\u003c\/i\u003e, narrator Albert Einstein takes kids through time--literally. Measuring time is explored, from the stone circles and giant pyramids of ancient cultures to hourglasses and sundials to early time pieces and watches to atomic clocks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This fun and fast-moving graphic novel for young readers explains why there are 12 months a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, and 60 seconds in a minute. And seven days in the week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From Stonehenge to Greenwich Mean Time to James Hutton's Deep Time, the book helps kids understand the passage of time, and why sometimes it seems so slow and other times way, way too fast. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Also includes: Time Timeline, Who was Albert Einstein?, endnotes, and a bibliography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Big Ideas That Changed the World is a graphic novel series that celebrates the hard-won succession of ideas that ultimately changed the world. Humor, drama, and art unite to tell the story of events, discoveries, and ingenuity over time that led humans to come up with a big idea and then make it come true. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Big Ideas That Changed the World series: \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRocket to the Moon!\u003c\/i\u003e (#1) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMachines That Think! \u003c\/i\u003e(#2) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Shot in the Arm!\u003c\/i\u003e (#3) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe the People! \u003c\/i\u003e(#4) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Charged Up!\u003c\/i\u003e (#5) \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIt's About Time!\u003c\/i\u003e (#6) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon Brown \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels and picture books, including \u003ci\u003eAll Charged Up!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWe the People!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Shot in the Arm!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Machines that Think!\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRocket to the Moon!\u003c\/i\u003e His books have been called \"masterful\" and \"a must for youth graphic collections.\" Brown has received an Eisner Award nomination, two Sibert Honors, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award honor, a YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award, and multiple starred reviews, among other awards and notices. He lives in the Hudson Valley in New York with his family.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Abrams Fanfare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187439337746,"sku":"9781419773310","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_be2f4497-9db5-40a0-846c-f0dc93b7bd27.jpg?v=1744642664","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/its-about-time-big-ideas-that-changed-the-world-6-a-nonfiction-graphic-novel-9781419773310","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}