The Story of Clocks and Calendars

I bought this for my children but I really enjoyed it for myself. This book covers the history of calendars and it’s a fascinating story. I recommend this book to anyone interested in learning the history of how we record time.

I am using this book in a math-through-history course I teach for all ages, including my own children, along with a similar book by Betsy Maestro, The Story of Money. These books are beautifully illustrated, with "denser" text than a picture book, and they fit a need for middle-grade level materials. I enjoy the simplicity of the text and stories, and find I can read these aloud to interested children of even younger ages if I can abridge the text and use the illustrations to advantage. Yet the material cannot be considered light, I learned a lot of history I never knew about before reading these books, and it whetted my own appetite to investigate the topic deeper. A great compliment to this book would be Marilyn Burns' This Book is About Time.

Very good book for both children and adults to get information on calendars and clocks. Simple and informative.

This is a great book that I am glad I purchased - especially for the amount of information that it contains. It is a thin book with the information of an encyclopedia.

My 7 year old grandson has enjoyed this book. He loves mechanics, history, and clocks. It was a hit!

This is another book that I am using at the school where I am a volunteer librarian. It will remain as one of my useful reference books. Well written and illustrated.

informative

interesting book.

My boys enjoyed learning about the history of the calendar and time