Rolf Myller

The story follows the mishaps that happen when there isn't a standard measurement. It uses the feet on people to measure the length when building a bed. I like this book because it addresses both informal and formal measurements and the importance of having a standard of measurement.

This book is a great book to introduce measurements. In this book the king's foot and the servant's foot are two different sizes so when the servant makes the king a bed by his foot size the bed is much too small for the king. This book is perfect for showing that we need common measurements and we can't just measure things by random body lengths because everyone is different.

This book gives standard and non-standards measurements that will keep young readers engaged and also provides them with opportunities to compare and contrast size - for example, the book suggests measures the height differences between two students.

Good topic starter about measurements. Could do an activity about measuring and how one actual foot size isn't the same as a measurement of a foot. Talk about standard units of measurements in a fun way.