The illustrations in this book are certainly eye-catching as they are contrasting colors and full of textures.  Some of the things that are being compared are beyond many students’ experiences and the large numbers are so random that in some ways it’s interesting and in others it’s not so much.  Who cares if the Empire State Building in New York is the same as 264 gorillas, which I doubt.  Unless you’ve even been to New York and experienced the Empire State Building, how would kids distinguish it from any other building?  Where we live buildings aren’t very tall due to earthquakes, so size is relative.  It seems it would make more sense if the size grew exponentially but it’s so random, like 1,226,880 peas in a manatee–really?