Ken Robbins (1945–2017)
Author of Autumn Leaves
About the Author
Ken Robbins was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1945. He graduated from Cornell University in 1967. He worked as a book editor at Doubleday before becoming a children's book author and photographer. He wrote and illustrated more than 20 children's books including Pumpkins, Apples, and Earth. He show more primarily took photographs of scenery and still lifes. His photographs were reproduced on book jackets, record album covers, and in magazines including the cover of Time. They were also collected in books including The Hamptons Suite. He died on March 9, 2017 at the age of 71. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: via Macmillan Publishers
Works by Ken Robbins
For Good Measure: The Ways We Say How Much, How Far, How Heavy, How Big, How Old (2010) 92 copies, 19 reviews
Buttermilk Bottoms 1 copy
Springs, a celebration 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1945
- Date of death
- 2017-03-09
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Education
- Cornell University (BA|1967)
- Occupations
- book editor
children's book author
photographer
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Pumpkins by Ken Robbins
The photo quality could have been so much better.
This book is about measurement. The book details the measurement of quantity, distance, weight, size, and time. The book provides a description for what these units of measurement are. Robbins writes about units used in history as well as units used today. I like this book because it contains a lot of interesting units of measurement that I did not know. It also contains supportive pictures and the reasons for the seemingly confusing names of measurements. This book relates to both science and math because accuracy and precision are both very important in those fields. I would read this book to a class to introduce some interesting facts about measurement. I could also read this to give them a perspective about large units of measurements because this book details how small units relate to large units.… (more)
Aptly titled, the book For Good Measure shows readers the many different ways something can be measured.
On the inside of the dust jacket, the explanation of why we use lb. to abbreviate pound is given. As an adult, I never knew the reason behind it so I was immediately drawn in and couldn't wait to find the answers to more things I did not know!
Not only is this written in an interesting format, with large photographs with large font, but incorporating this text into a math lesson would also be effortless. If it can be measured, it is in this text. Ken Robbins even covers the cubit!
Not only is this written in an interesting format, with large photographs with large font, but incorporating this text into a math lesson would also be effortless. If it can be measured, it is in this text. Ken Robbins even covers the cubit!
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- Works
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- Reviews
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