How Much Is a Million? is a colourful picture book that seeks to make large numbers (million, billion, and trillion) more understandable to children. I first encountered this book as a child (I was the kind of hopelessly nerdy kid who was naturally good at and interested in math, so this book was perfect for me) and I still enjoy looking through it today. The author and illustrator use simple examples (how tall is a tower of kids standing on each other's shoulders, how big of a bowl is needed for goldfish, etc.) to demonstrate the size of the numbers. The illustrations are quirky and detailed and fun to look at (I especially love that the kids have a pet unicorn!). The author even includes a note at the end explaining the actual numbers and calculations in the book (possibly older children could enjoy reproducing these calculations or coming up with examples of their own). This is definitely a book I would recommend. ( )

This book aimed at elementary school kids tries to convey just how big a million, billion and a trillion are, by using several examples (height of x kids, a bowl for x goldfish, x number of stars). A very decent attempt, since such large numbers are so big, even to adults they are (almost) abstract.
What I personally loved, were the last pages, in which the author justifies his examples with actual mathematics. ( )

I love this book because it has a great way of explaining how big is a million, billion, and trillion by using fun figures dealing with children's height, water, time, and stars to illustrate large numbers. I know the children would love this book because it's cute, and the images are colorful. They'll get excited because they want to learn and understand complex math. ( )

This silly picture book is a great way to show kids just how much big numbers can actually be. At young ages, many kids can't imagine numbers bigger than 100, but to their surprise, they are quite real and hopefully them understanding that will help make their transitions into those numbers quite a bit easier. This is a great book for younger ages and maybe even the lessons that start introducing the larger numbers. ( )

I love that the examples they use to show how big numbers are are a bit unconventional and interesting to kids. By keeping it consistent, (stacked children, fishbowl, stars, etc) we are able to grasp at how much bigger a billion is than a million and so on. I can see this as a great way to get kids excited about dealing with numbers. ( )