Time to Learn About Time

by Dom Massaro, Don Rothman, Bill Rowe

Time to Learn About Time by Dom Massaro and Don Rothman, illustrated with line drawings by Bill Rowe, invites children and adults to explore together the fascinating history of time measurement. Attentive to how language itself reveals the evolution of our conception of time, this delightfully illustrated book journeys from ancient sundials to water clocks, hourglasses, mechanical and, finally, atomic clocks. It makes a strong case for preserving and improving on "old fashioned" analog clocks, showing how useful they are and how much one learns from them about the nature of time. Prompting kids (ages 8 and up) who are curious about time to investigate everyday realities such as time zones, egg timers, second hands and town clocks, Time to Learn About Time will stimulate intergenerational dialogue and heighten children's observations. Written by a psychologist and a writing teacher, this book honors human ingenuity and, in child-friendly ways, poses wonderfully down-to-earth questions about the remarkable history of time measurement. Recommended for classrooms and for parent-child partnerships in learning.

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 28, 2002