Steve Jenkins

Describes some of the biggest, smallest, fastest, slowest, strongest and longest animals in the world.

How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world collectively weigh? How far can animals travel? Steve Jenkins answers these questions and many more with numbers, images, innovation, and authoritative science, and Jenkins layers his signature cut-paper illustrations alongside computer graphics and a text that is teeming with fresh and accurate zoological information ready for readers to easily digest.

"From Caldecott Honor-winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins comes an in-depth look at the world's natural disasters, broken down into four distinct categories: earth, weather, life, and space. From timelines of causes and outcomes of each disaster, graphs highlighting humans' effect on the earth, and a text teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate information ready for readers to easily devour, Disasters by the Numbers is unmatched and sure...

An illustrated introduction to a variety of beetle species with information on unique characteristics and how these insects have adapted to survive.

Learn what it's like to come face-to-face with some of the dinosaurs that once roamed the Earth through these "actual-size" illustrations.

Nonfiction picture book explores the form, color, pattern, and nature of frogs. "Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore form, color, and pattern, and capture the very unique nature of frogs in this brilliantly illustrated picture book. Perfect for fans of The Beetle Book, and young readers looking for nonfiction about this perennially fascinating animal. Long legs, sticky tongues, big round eyes, and other dazzling features--what's...

"Which came first? The EGG, of course! In this book, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page take a look at the curious world of animal eggs. Eggs are laid one at a time or by the millions, and they come in a fantastic variety of colors, shapes, and sizes. From a mother that carries her eggs piggyback to a father that holds them in his mouth, explore the many ways animals lay and protect their eggs. And what goes on inside an egg? See how an animal develops...

Provides an overview of the origin and evolution of life on earth and of what has been learned from the study of evolution.

Introduces young readers to some of the stealthiest camouflaged animals in the natural world and asks them to seek out these animals hiding in plain sight.

"Explore some of the fascinating things that animals do on their first day" -- Cover.