**SAINSBURY'S CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2018 WINNER - LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY**How many people could fit on a blue whale’s tongue? Is a hovercraft faster than a tank? And what grows quicker – toenails or fingernails? Discover the answer to these questions and so much more in The Book of Comparisons. Brimming with incredible facts to wow your family and friends with, this book will help you to understand extraordinary things in our world, by comparing them with other things! Through awesome comparisons, you’ll learn about:
Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK.
Paul Boston studied illustration and design at Brighton University, England, and is inspired by 1950s children’s books, antique maps and diagrams, 17th Century engravings, Gothic art, and Japanese prints. Paul’s charming depictions of people and places have been commissioned for global advertising campaigns, publishing projects, and editorial commissions.
