AUTHOR: Kathryn Lasky
ILLUSTRATOR: Kevin Hawkes
PUBLISHER: Little Brown Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION DATE: 1994
GENRE: Biography
READING LEVEL: Third Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Use to introduce math terms related to circumference and begin discussing how to find the circumference of an object that is unable to be measured given the technology at hand.
REVIEWER’S NAME &
AFFILIATION: Nicole Stuart-Valdosta State University
