The Know-Nonsense Guide to Measurements

This is a very handy book which helps young people consolidate the learning they have from school in terms of all different types of measurements and scales. It addresses the fact that there are different units used across UK and America, which helps to get rid of some of the confusion - it's nice to see both ways addressed in the same book. There are some useful scaled drawings to put things into perspective. There's a whole load of useful info. and complementary images which makes this learning fun, and some conversion scales at the end of the book. I notice there is also a book from the same range about grammar - as a total English language nerd, I'd love to read this one too!

The Know-Nonsense Guide to Measurement by Fiedler was a fun and silly approach to teaching the broad range of measurement we use. As an adult educator I found myself learning new things add I read and could see having this book out all the time to refer to. As an early years teacher I can see that this book will find itself in my classroom math area out for children to explore and ask questions with. I can't wait to share this with my students and look forward to the next one about money.

As a parent, lover of science and self-professed bad ass cook I thought this book was great. It’s the perfect accompaniment to science classes for kids (and some adults) as it makes learning about the various ways we measure fun. Star Wars fans will appreciate the section on light years and parsecs so they can finally grasp what Han Solo is talking about! Since I cook a variety of Mexican dishes that require all kinds of peppers I liked the information on the Scoville scale because now it makes so much more sense – hopefully I’ll remember for future reference rather than use the ‘taste test and drown my mouth in milk’ method. The occasional bouts of humor thrown in like when they describe what unit of temperature birds use was adorable.

I felt the illustrations added another layer of fun and they fit perfectly with what the author was trying to teach. The colors are eye-catching and the characters were perfectly rendered to capture a child’s attention span.

It feels like this has the ability to be a great opener for kids to help them see math and science are not as scary as they might first appear.

The Know-Nonsense Guide to Measurements: An Awesomely Fun Guide to How Things Are Measured, by Heidi Fiedler is an enjoyable children's book.

Within sixty-four pages, this non-fiction book focuses on various measurements in a fun manner. It features four main sections, which are titled as Length, Volume and Mass, Time, and Intensity, as well as an Introduction and A Note to Know-It-Alls.

The Know-Nonsense Guide to Measurements is geared toward children, particularly ages seven to twelve.


Note: I received this book from NetGalley, which is a program designed for bloggers to write book reviews in exchange for books, yet the opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This is a fun guide to help anyone learn more about measurement. It’s goal is to help those confused at school, but things are explained in such a way to be helpful to anyone. It explains the differences between US, metric, and SI measurements. As well as talks about type of measurements that don’t come up often such as rings on a tree, and parsnips. A great book that should be in every library collection.

This book would have been perfect for me during primary school when I was learning about measurements. In fact, it is useful to me now as a refresher The author has been thorough in her explanations but also kept them to a level that are easy to understand. I can see this book being useful for children and adults that are struggling with the concept of measurement or just want to hone their skills.
One of the strong points about this book is that it uses a lot of visual tools, this is particularly good for visual learners like me.
I like that the author has explained the differences between the American system of measurement and the Systems of Units (SI) that most of the world use. These differences include use measure and speeds such as, Kilograms, Miles Per Hour, Metres, Celsius, Fahrenheit and Pounds. The book covers everything from length (including distances in space), volume and mass, time, and intensity. There were terms of measurement that I had not heard of before and it was good to be able to learn about these.
The pictures are fun and colourful, often with explanations explaining what the picture relates to. It is something very small but I would have swapped the champagne in the time picture for something more child friendly
I am pleased to note that there are also books on Grammar and Money in this series which I am interested in reading as I feel they will be just as much of a learning experience as this book is.
I recommend this book and feel that it is a wonderful addition to what is taught in schools.

This is a fun book that makes a rather dull subject fun - each page in the book has a new fun way to look at how we measure things, from length and mass to time and intensity. The book is helped by lots of funny illustrations - 4 stars

Wonderful book to teach kids about measurements! Easy to read, wonderful illustrations.