Books by Steve Jenkins
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review 1: This is an unbelievably comprehensive and beautiful book on animals of every kind, shape, and size. Steve Jenkins is brilliant and so talented. I got this copy from the library, but I will buy it the next time I'm at a book store. My students will LOVE it!! The cut- or torn-p...
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review 1: I'll be the first to admit that I'm not particularly found of insects, but I am fond of books by Steve Jenkins. His cut paper collage never ceases to amaze me in it's detail and beauty. And when you add his skill to a topic as fascinating and diverse as that of beetles you end ...
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review 1: Steve Jenkins makes us simultaneously marvel at the form and function of various bones and skeletons as well as his own technical skill as an artist. Witness the delicate, precise rendering of a python's 200 ribs. Jenkins also indicates when skeletons are shown in actual size o...
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review 1: In this book you are taken down down down into the ocean and at the same time taken on an educational adventure. This book along with Steve Jenkins illustrations is simply put amazing. This book would work so well within a classroom learning about marine life. This book would ...
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review 1: Ok...I didn't read every word of this book but it is really nice. Steve Jenkins has wonderful illustrations created with different types of paper. The book includes 300 interesting animals and includes lots of fascinating facts. The book is divided by characteristics common to a...
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review 1: Great math book from 1st-4th grade. Can be used to introduce time and teach about elapsed time. It talks about what can happen in a second, minute, or hour. You can use this to have the students make up their own daily schedule and come up with their own elapsed time problems(for...
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review 1: This is a non-fiction picture book about the symbiotic relationships between certain pairs of animals. The attractive paper art by Robin Page and the graphic novel layout make this book entertaining as well as informative. At the back of the book is area further explaining symbio...
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review 1: The blurb says its all: " When it comes to wild animals, everyone knows that there are certain things you just don’t do. It's clearly a bad idea to tease a tiger, pull a python's tail, or bother a black widow spider. But do you know how dangerous it can be to pet a platypus, coll...
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review 1: Virginia Readers' ChoiceThis early elementary book describes what 23 different animals do on their first day of their lives. This would be great to use to teach animal/science information to kids. Students could also research what other animals do on the first days of their liv...
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review 1: This is a fascinating non-fiction book about interesting ways in which some in the animal kingdom obtain, store, even digest some of their food. Steve Jenkins always comes through with great information and this is no exception. Have you hear of the butcherbird who spears the g...
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review 1: I love Steve Jenkins' work and have enjoyed all of his collaborations with his wife, Robin Page, that I have read so far. This one (as you can guess from the title) deals with how animals eat and what animals eat...especially some of the strange or unique ways/things animals eat...
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review 1: Fabulous collage illustrations show unusual animals as they explain the purposes of their unique features. Each page begins with a question posed to an animal who explains the purpose. This book is both humorous and informational. Maps show the habitat of each animal with info...