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001 2025943625 536574
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010 a| 2025943625
020 a|9781536230123 (trade)
020 a|153623012X (trade)
040 a|DLC
b|eng
c|IlJaBTS
d|IlJaBTS
082 4a|530
a|B
2|23/eng/20260106
1001 a|Lacika, Jenny.
245a|Measuring up :
b|how Oliver Smoot became a standard unit of measurement /
c|Jenny Lacika ; illustrated by Anna Bron.
250 a|1st ed.
260 a|Somerville, MA :
b|Candlewick Press,
c|c2025.
300 a|[30] p. :
b|col. ill. ;
c|27 cm
504 a|Includes bibliographical references.
5103 a|Kirkus, July 15, 2025
5103 a|Horn book, November 2025
520 a|Invites readers over to the sillier side of mathematics and encourages them to play with measurement in their own lives. As for the smoot? This unorthodox unit of measure is now cemented into history, in sidewalk markings on a certain Cambridge-to-Boston bridge. Find out more about smoots, MIT pranks, unusual measurements, and further reading in the back matter.
5211 a|005-008
b|BTSB.
60017a|Smoot, Oliver,
d|1940-
2|sears
60011a|Smoot, Oliver,
d|1940-
650 7a|Weights and measures.
2|sears
650 1a|Weights and measures.
650 7a|Measurement.
2|sears
650 1a|Measurement.
650 7a|Mathematics.
2|sears
650 1a|Mathematics.
655 7a|Biographies.
2|lcgft
655 7c|JNF007000
a|NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General.
2|bisacsh
7001 a|Bron, Anna,
d|1989-
e|ill.


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