The Biggest Number in the Universe
By (Author) Julie Leibrich
Illustrated by Ross Kinnaird
Scholastic New Zealand Limited
Scholastic New Zealand
19th July 2004
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
823
Winner of Joy Cowley Award 2003
Paperback
32
Width 215mm, Height 265mm
Nesta asks her next door neighbour for a number, any number, as long as it is big and impressive. The mathematician is not interested in helping to begin with but in the end he relents and lends Nesta 8,888,888,888 - a very impressive number indeed. But only on the understanding that she look after it and doesn't take it out of her pocket until she reaches school. But Nesta does...