clocks and watches

Bernie Bridges, the egotistical planner and schemer for a group of fourth-graders at The Rotten School, is determined to outsmart his rival in a pie-eating contest.

Describes the changing ways of thinking about time, the emergence of the calendar, and the quest for a more accurate means of measuring time.

In this story based on a school-yard game, the farmyard animals ask Mr. Wolf what time it is, while he tries to lure them to come that evening to a very special meal. At various points, a peep-hole allows a glimpse of the next illustration.

When Skip Squirrel breaks her mother's beloved cuckoo clock, her attempts to get it fixed have surprising results.

Beany Bear is not quite sure he likes the clock he received for his birthday.

When the town council decides to demolish the old library clock and replace it with a fancy modern one, Lucy and her mother try to save the historic timepiece--with the help of a dragon.

While traveling to an important feast in ancient China, Chuan and his friend Jing Jing devise a water "alarm" clock to make sure their party reaches the emperor's palace before rival warlords. Includes a brief history of water clocks and instructions for making one.

When, on New Year's eve, the Clock King sets off a time bomb that interferes with all technology that depends on clocks, it is up to the Flash to find the villain and his device and undo the chaos it is causing.

Seeking peace and quiet, Porcupine asks Rabbit to stop his clock from ticking, with noisy results.

Discusses the elements of time and various ways to measure it, from shadow clocks and digital watches to calendars and time zones.