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HOW TALL WAS MILTON?
​Author: Lawrence F. Lowery
​Illustrator: Lawrence F. Lowery

Number of pages: 29
Publisher: National Science Teachers Association (USA)​
First published in: 2013
Format: Picturebook 

Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes
Is this story part of a mathematics story series? No

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Synopsis by the author/publisher
In this funny fairy tale, it takes a village to figure out the height of Milton the friendly giant. The townspeople’s attempts to gauge just how big he is will entertain young readers as they learn the importance of standard units of measurement. How Tall Was Milton? even accounts for the real-life origin of such silly-sounding units as feet.

“Milton asked the king's daughter and the knight to use the cloth tape to measure. Each of them found the giant to be 30 cloth tapes tall.​ The king called, "Hear ye! Hear ye!" to get people's attention. He said, "Each person who measured got the same number. Milton has found a good way to measure."”

Recommended age range: 
5+ years old 

Relevant mathematics topics: 
Length & Distance

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