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How Heavy?: Wacky Ways to Compare Weight
Compares various heavy objects to lighter objects in unique, illustrated ways.
24 pages, Library Binding
First published July 1, 2013
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Mark Weakland
130 books17 followersWhile earning a degree in the sciences, author/educator/musician Mark Weakland played drums and percussion with scores of Pittsburgh-based bands. He then went on to earn multiple teacher certifications and a master’s degree in education.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
Mark expresses his creative side through music and writing. He is the author of eighteen non-fiction children’s books. Upcoming books, written as collaborations between Warner Brothers, Sports Illustrated Kids, and Capstone Press, include a set of Scooby-Doo (and mathematics) books, a set of Wile E. Coyote (and physics) books, and a set of hockey (shapes and patterns) books.
Other kid projects include an award-winning audio book, a poetry collection, and Jack Attack, his first YA novel. Mark’s books have received outstanding reviews from Booklist and Library Media Connection and won multiple awards, such as the 2012 Green Award for Sustainable Children’s Literature and the 2011 Eureka Nonfiction Children’s Book Award.
His academic book for teachers and administrators, Super Core! Supercharging Your Basal Reading Program with More Reading, Writing, and Word Work, will be published by the International Reading Association in January of 2014.
As a musician and songwriter, Mark has written and recorded music for both kids and grown-ups. His songs have won Parents' Choice and Children's Web awards and finished as finalists in The John Lennon Songwriting and USA Songwriting contests. Performing on drums, guitar, and vocals, Mark still records and plays with various artists and bands in Western Pennsylvania.
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April 19, 2020
this one really made me smile, i really enjoy thinking about the length of a building or critter, in the idea of hamburgers or slugs. i mean who knew??! i sure didn't ... but this book will make you think??! so fun!! i've only recently found Mark's writing ... i really enjoy his thoughts, his picked illustrator. well done. i read "The Lonely Existence of Asteroids and Comets", "DO-4U the Robot Experiences Forces and Motion", "How Heavy?", and "Captain Kidd's Crew Experiments with Sinking and Floating". all these are so fun. i am needing creative reads lately ... i enjoyed them so much!!
November 28, 2022
This informational book is very interesting and includes awesome facts about the weight of specific things. This book compares the weight of objects with non-standard units (120 marshmallows to equal the weight of a hedgehog). This book is engaging, and young students would find it unbelievable. I really like how this book includes math, science, and literacy skills. I would use this book when introducing weight with kindergartners. I would also place this book in my classroom library too.
February 25, 2025
This was a fascinating book. It is educational in the sense that it teaches kids about weight and comparing weights to each other. However, it is interesting for kids, because it uses untraditional methods for comparing weights. For example, it may say that one elephant weighs the same as X number of gummy bears or some other "silly" comparison. This makes the book fun and a little wacky, while still teaching kids concepts of weight and comparing different weights to each other.
June 8, 2021
Genre: Informational Grade: PreK-2
I think this is a good book for children because it compares the weight of things in a wacky way, example is a bulldog weighs the same as 167 hamburgers. Something else that makes it a good book it that is talks about weight in pounds, kilograms, ounces and grams. The book is silly in the comparisons and colorful.
I think this is a good book for children because it compares the weight of things in a wacky way, example is a bulldog weighs the same as 167 hamburgers. Something else that makes it a good book it that is talks about weight in pounds, kilograms, ounces and grams. The book is silly in the comparisons and colorful.
October 24, 2024
This book is perfect for the lesson that isn’t quite long enough but do I really want to watch kids destroy equipment or listen to this?
And it works really well in October - yay!
The detail on all the mice. Wow!
I love the inclusion of the equal arm balance.
Now if I could just find a book about serial ordering for weights of objects - err.. mass?
And it works really well in October - yay!
The detail on all the mice. Wow!
I love the inclusion of the equal arm balance.
Now if I could just find a book about serial ordering for weights of objects - err.. mass?
May 21, 2020
The kindergarten class loved this book. "It is silly and we learned something", said one of my students.
August 22, 2016
How Heavy is about weight (obviously), and it was just as fun as the others. It was a little harder to get my head around these comparisons because I don't know the weight of things as well as I know the size of things.
The first comparison was probably our favorite: 167 hamburgers weigh as much as a bulldog (45 pounds). But that's also how much Christopher weights. That's a lot of hamburgers!
http://www.momsradius.com/2016/07/juv...
The first comparison was probably our favorite: 167 hamburgers weigh as much as a bulldog (45 pounds). But that's also how much Christopher weights. That's a lot of hamburgers!
http://www.momsradius.com/2016/07/juv...
November 20, 2013
Possible SRC 2014 program?
April 16, 2014
Very fun! A great way to introduce weight comparisons.
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