This colorful book will catch the eye of any child while introducing relative size between animals. A must for younger children.

How Big is an Elephant? by Rossana Bossu is a perfect book to include in classrooms for 2nd grade and under, as well as daycares or at home. This was a different and innovative approach to teaching children about size and the ratios of animals.

It was short and sweet. The ebook version was difficult to read as the text sometimes ran over to the second page, and were a bit uneven in places. I read it aloud to my nephew and he enjoyed it. Would love to see what it actually looks like, as this was a rough copy to get through visually. My comments are mostly on the formatting; not the content.

Cute book of size comparison! I think littles will enjoy reading how many various animals it takes to be as big as an other animal! The illustrations were wonderful. I wonder if they could try and guess how many littles it would take to be as big as animals on a visit to the zoo? Nice addition to a collection.

HOW BIG IS AN ELEPHANT presents an engaging approach to teaching children about the concept of relative size. With charming illustrations and text, this book for preschoolers compares an elephant to a polar bear, then a polar bear to a lion, and on and on until the final comparison between a lemur and flea. Then, all pale in comparison to a whale. Young readers will have fun learning about the idea of size, in addition to animals’ names.

Thank you to the author, Annick Press Ltd. and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are mine.

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In How Big Is an Elephant, the author uses pleasing illustrations and comparisons to teach very young children about ratio and relative size. Instead of simply stating that an elephant is “very large” or “quite big,” Rossana Bossù demonstrates with visual terms of reference easily understood by a child. The book is nice enough, and the concept is an important one for preschoolers to grasp, however the overall effect is rather dull. Thanks to NetGalley and Annick Press for providing this new children’s picture book in exchange for an honest review.

Cute book using a variety of educational methods to size up an elephant. I like the use of numbers and scale. It is a subtle way of teaching kids without being too obvious and "boring."

How many polar bears would you need to make an elephant? And how many lions would you need to make a polar bear? How Big is an Elephant? is a fun play on the concept of size. Kids will really enjoy the concept and the illustrations.

Preschooler will certainly be a fan of this book, which does a fun job of comparing all sorts of animals by size (though not exactly in a realistic way). The pages are full of beautiful and colorful illustrations, which will be a hit at story time. Another positive note is that it helps to introduce math to young ones, in a fun ( and funny) way. I didn't love this one myself, but I can certainly see why children would get a laugh out of it, and find it to be memorable.

A huge thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I truly appreciate it!

How Big is an Elephant? is a sweet children's picture book written by Rossana Bossu, and it was originally published in Italy.

Within twenty-four pages, this book focus on basic math concepts for young children, and there are delightful and colorful animal drawings that help enhance the concept of size.

How Big is an Elephant is a fun way for children to learn, and it's geared towards preschoolers and kindergartners.


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.

A great book for little ones to learn about size and relation! Unique concept using animal comparisons! A book to get the kiddos thinking!

This book compares various animals, showing relative sizes, beginning with showing how a polar bear is smaller than an elephant--and in fact, it takes seven polar bears to make one elephant. Throughout the book the animals get smaller, down to a flea., until the ending section shows how a blue whale compares to all of the animals.
This is a cute book, and it's fun to see the different sizes of the animals in comparison to one another. The illustrations are great. The one thing I feel is missing is an explanatory page at the end--I'd like to have a brief explanation of how the author came up with these comparisons (Are they by weight? Which species was she basing this on? For example, she uses penguins as one of her comparison animals...but penguin species vary greatly in size.) and a tidbit or two about the animals. All in all, though, a fun way to introduce the concept of relative sizes.

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I found "How Big is an Elephant" to be an incredibly useful and entertaining read. I could immediately see many classroom and learning uses. The illustrations were engaging and I found the book fun. It will definitely be used in my classroom!

This lovely book is perfect for children from toddler age to elementary school. It provides an easy entry into counting for younger children but can be used to explore comparison and spatial concepts in older children. It can't be said enough... The illustrations in this title are AMAZING... This is worth buying for them alone.

This book was so sweet. I loved the math involved, but it would still be enjoyable for very young kids who don't understand math concepts yet. There are lots of great things to talk about while reading: which animals are bigger or smaller, adding things together, how many of one animal do you need to reach the same size as another, etc.

I wasn't really a fan of this. I liked the comparisons and all the animals but there wasn't much of a story...

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This book appears to be an animal book, but I categorize it as a math book. It is about size, weight, comparisons, numbers etc. If a child has ever been to a zoo and seen an elephant they will easily be able to make comparisons and realizations about the animals shown. If they have never seen a real elephant, then the comparisons will help them to estimate size. I liked the illustrations in the book. They were cute and showed the comparisons quite visually. This would be a great book for a pre-school, kindergarten or even primary classroom.

Such a lovely little book. It’s not a counting book, but it’s also not exactly an animal book. It’s a little bit of both. It really looks at size and shape. I really love the concepts. I love the illustrations. They are not boring, and pretty simple, but still fun and enjoyable.

This was a cute book using visual examples to represent how large an elephant really is. This book really brings into focus how a young mind works. Instead of saying they are big or huge, this book gives a reference that a child could compute inside their head, like a refrigerator, although this author does do it in a cuter and more animalistic way to let any child that has been to a zoo, or has been around animals equate the size of things.


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I didn't love this book. It is a very short picture book that compares animals by size but it doesn't really give any indication as to how the author made the comparison. So the reader (at least this one) was left to wonder, why is it that you need 3 alligators to make one lion? The pictures are pleasant enough but I wished they had been a bit more realistic.