Just a Second Author:Steve Jenkins What can happen in just a second, — a minute, or an hour? How can we measure time? — The flap of a vulture?s wing. — A crocodile?s heartbeat. — The weight of a baby blue whale. — The life of a mayfly. — These increments of time may sound a bit strange, but they are all fascinating ways in which we can think about time. — But what exactly is time? — In J... more »ust a Second, the award-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins brings forth unique ways to think about time beyond the hands we see every day on a ticking clock. This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time.« less