Measuring Up: How Oliver Smoot Became a Standard Unit of Measurement

Description: "Could you be the next smoot? One MIT student's diminutive height becomes his mathematical superpower--and claim to fame--in a true story that's entertaining and inspiring in equal measure."--Provided by publisher.

Review Quotes: The text is presented in a clear, straightforward fashion, while illustrations smartly evoke 1950s style.
--School Library Journal

Lacika stretches an amusing anecdote about the origin of the "smoot" as a unit of measurement into a picture book-length story, while Bron's quiet, methodical illustrations incorporate numerical symbols, use the bridge design as a type of ruler and frame, and have some fun with perspective. . . .
--Kirkus Reviews

The colorful digital illustrations signal a historical setting and amusingly incorporate mathematical symbols. . . .Engaging. . ..
--The Horn Book