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Most eight-year-olds are about five times as tall as this book . . . but only half as tall as an ostrich, which is half as tall as a giraffe . . . twenty times smaller than a California Redwood! How do they compare to the tallest buildings? To Mt. Everest? To stars, galaxy clusters, and . . . the universe?

Jason Chin, the award-winning author and illustrator of Grand Canyon has once again found a way to make a complex subject--size, scale and almost unimaginable distance--accessible and understandable to readers of all ages. Meticulously researched and featuring the highly detailed artwork for which he is renowned, this is How Much is a Million for the new millenium, sure to be an immediate hit with kids looking for an engaging way to delve into perspective, astronomy, and astrophysics. Curious readers will love the extensive supplementary material included in the back of the back of the book

华裔两度凯迪克奖得主陈振盼，带孩子认识宇宙，了解自己在宇宙中的位置，理解地球、太阳系、宇宙和我的关系，给孩子一个宏大而完整的宇宙观。

通过巧妙对比，帮助孩子理解从厘米到光年的不同测量尺度，包括时间和空间的概念。比如：将孩子的身高和动物、植物比较，将珠穆朗玛峰与人类的建筑进行比较，将地球轨道与太空星系比较，这样能将难以想象的天文知识转化为孩子可以理解的语言。

陈振盼的作品斩获了2018年凯迪克银奖、2022年凯迪克金奖等多项大奖，这本书也获得了银行街教育学院颁发的库克奖等7项荣誉。这本书适合5岁以上的孩子阅读，也是所有年龄的读者都想要深入了解的迷人作品，内容甚至涉及最新的关于宇宙的研究。