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How Big Is a Foot? (Rise and Shine) Paperback – Illustrated, July 1, 1991

by Rolf Myller (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 345 ratings
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The perfect book to understand standing six feet apart!

Follow the story about the King who wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away.

How can they figure out what size the bed should be? How can the people figure out how to measure? Readers will learn it's not that difficult and that everyone can learn to do it.
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    5 - 8 years, from customers
  2. Print length
    48 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    NC580L
  6. Dimensions
    5.25 x 0.15 x 7.56 inches
  7. Publisher
    Yearling
  8. Publication date
    July 1, 1991
  9. ISBN-10
    0440406935
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0440404958
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The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be?

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The King wants to give the Queen something special for her birthday. The Queen has everything, everything except a bed. The trouble is that no one in the Kingdom knows the answer to a very important question: How Big is a Bed? because beds at the time had not yet been invented. The Queen's birthday is only a few days away. How can they figure out what size the bed should be?

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0440404959
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yearling; 1st edition (July 1, 1991)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 48 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0440406935
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0440404958
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 5 - 8 years, from customers
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ NC580L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.53 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.15 x 7.56 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 345 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
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Susan R.
5.0 out of 5 stars So easy to read and cute story
Reviewed in the United States on May 6, 2023
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I thought I read them all…this is perfect ‘math’ story…your child won’t even know they are learning how to estimate or measure. Such a great happy ending too for the ‘little guy’.
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Learn as I go
5.0 out of 5 stars I liked this one
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2019
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I had bought a lot of kids "math" books and this one I liked.

Most of them I really didn't like.

Most were boring and wordy or more confusing than necessary or just didn't really teach anything.

I felt that this one is a good one before a child learns to measure things.

No matter what kids need to learn it.

Might as well make it fun.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teaching non standard and standard measurement
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2016
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This is a great book for teaching non-standard measurement that leads into standard measurement. It also works for teaching estimation (if you have the children estimate their own thoughts and then measure with their feet after reading the story.) However, I am still waiting for this book to be at least a FOOT in one direction! It is really too small to read to a class of Kindergarten children. I do it, but usually I choose bigger sized books to read to a class. I guess the king in the story did have a small foot, so they made the size to go with his foot.
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SandiLee
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful book!
Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2006
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I am a kindergarten teacher. I read this book to my students to introduce to them how to compare standard and nonstandard units of measurement as well as to highlight the need for uniform measuring tools. How Big is a Foot? clearly illustrates the difference between the length of a person's foot and a foot long ruler. After reading this book we made tracings of our own feet and cut out foot long foot shapes to make an outline of our own beds that were 4 ft x 6 ft. That was a graphic illustration of the concepts covered in this book - the children loved it! I highly recommend How Big is a Foot? to primary teachers!
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Brigida Pagan
4.0 out of 5 stars How Big Is a Foot?
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2020
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This book helped me with my students and our lesson on measurement. The book is for fourth grade and up.
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Cecil
5.0 out of 5 stars Great intro to measurement concepts
Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2006
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This is a cute little story about a king commissioning a bed to be made for the queen. The measurements given a 3ft by 6 ft. That is...3 KINGS ft by 6 KINGS ft. Too bad the carpenter is as small as a Kindergartener! Well, nearly.

My daughter (5) and I read this story and then compared each other's feet. We used outlines of our feet to measure items around the room and discussed why the measurements were different. We got out the measuring tape and discussed WHY we need a standard of measurement. Helped introduce measurement concepts in an easy way.
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Brienna Stewart
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teaching measurement
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2021
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This was a great book to use to teach measurement in 2nd grade! My students loved it!
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Angela Hanson
3.0 out of 5 stars Get the hard copy if you're able.
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2019
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The book is decent. Illustrated the point I wanted to make about accurate measurement requiring standardization. As a digital copy it was overpriced.
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Rahana
2.0 out of 5 stars Two Stars
Reviewed in India on August 8, 2016
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The content is great.. Story and the mathematical concept... But the paper quality is too pathetic.
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Leigh-Anne
5.0 out of 5 stars Great for teaching about standard (cm / feet) units of measurement
Reviewed in Canada on February 14, 2013
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Great book to teach about non-standard and standard measurement. I am a teacher and used this book to talk about why one unit of measurement is better than the other. I always stop before the problem is solved and have the conversation with the students about why they think the foot did not work. We than talk about the solution to the problem and finish the book after the discussion.
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Jerico Perdon
5.0 out of 5 stars Bought it for a math lesson
Reviewed in Canada on March 27, 2019
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I've loved it ever since and carry it around with me just in case I need a make shift math lesson!
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NJH
4.0 out of 5 stars and the children love it. I highly recommend it for anyone who ...
Reviewed in Canada on January 6, 2017
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I bought this for my daughter as a gift when she first started teaching. She has used it often in her math classes, and the children love it. I highly recommend it for anyone who is teaching young children math.
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