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Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education
Caldecott Honor-winning Steve Jenkins provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze. Half the earth's surface is covered by water more than a mile deep, but most of this watery world is a mystery to us. In fact, more people have stood on the surface of th ...Show more
Down, Down, Down (HB) by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education
Caldecott Honor-winning Steve Jenkins provides a top-to-bottom look at the ocean, from birds and waves to thermal vents and ooze. Half the earth's surface is covered by water more than a mile deep, but most of this watery world is a mystery to us. In fact, more people have stood on the surface of the mo ...Show more
Earth - By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education | Series: By the Numbers Ser.
Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full-color cut-paper illustrations. Earth will focus on the fascinating ins-and-outs of earth science.Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will ...Show more
Earth - By the Numbers by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education | Series: By the Numbers Ser.
Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full-color cut-paper illustrations. Earth will focus on the fascinating ins-and-outs of earth science.Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will ...Show more
Esther the Wonder Pig by Steve Jenkins
Category: Biography
In the bestselling tradition of Marley and Me, a funny, heartwarming and inspiring true story about how one little pig changed her owners' lives forever. When an old friend contacted Steve Jenkins out of the blue and begged him to take in a 'micro' piglet, he couldn't say no. Though he knew his partner ...Show more
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World (HB) by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education
In his latest eye-popping work of picture book nonfiction, the Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins explains how for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes - clusters of light-sensitive cells - appeared ...Show more
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education
A red-lipped batfish waddles across the sea floor on its fins, searching for small sea creatures to eat. Other animals may fly or glide, or jet-propel themselves to get around. These creatures come equipped with legs, wings, or tentacles, and they often move from place to place in surprising ways. In th ...Show more
Happily Ever Esther by Steve Jenkins; Derek Walter; Caprice Crane
Category: Nature
Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their pig-daughter Esther--the so-called micro pig who turned out to be a full-sized commercial pig growing to a whopping 600 pounds--as they describe in their bestselling memoir Esther the Wonder Pig. The book ends wit ...Show more
Hello Baby! (Board Book) by Mem Fox; Steve Jenkins
Category: Board Books
After meeting a bevy of baby animals-- including a clever monkey, a sleepy leopard, and a dusty lion cub--the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all . . . itself, of course! With an exuberant rhyming text by bestselling author Mem Fox and adorable cut-paper illustrations by Calde ...Show more
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships by Steve Jenkins
Category: Nature
How to Clean a Hippopotamus, a book about animal symbiosis, offers readers a close-up, step-by-step view of nature's fascinating partnerships. You can find out why a mongoose comes running when a warthog lies down, how a crab and an iguana help each other out, why ravens follow wolves, and more. You can ...Show more
I See a Kookaburra! by Steve Jenkins
Category: Picture Books
Whether in the sky, on the land, or in the sea, animals live in all sorts of fascinating environments. Discover six of the most intriguing habitats, and have fun pinpointing the camouflaged critters hiding within them in this interactive and informative picture book full of furry, feathery, and ferociou ...Show more
I See a Kookaburra!: Discovering Animal Habitats Around the World by Steve Jenkins
Category: Education | Series: BCCB Blue Ribbon Nonfiction Book Award (Awards)
Readers can search for an oystercatcher, an elephant shrew, and a fierce snapping turtle in the places where they live in this fun book that incorporates a fun, interactive element. Hidden in the illustrations are animals camouflaged in their surroundings. Full color.