Steve Jenkins
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Explore unusual animal locomotion through incredible art and fascinating facts from the Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins is back with more Extreme Animals, perfect for young readers looking for accessible nonfiction chock full of incredible art. Stinkiest! will focus on the smelliest members of the animal kingdom. Through illustrations, infographics, facts, and figures, readers will see how big each animal is compared to humans, where it lives on the globe, and just how putrid it can be! With his signature art style, Steve Jenkins'...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Trickiest! introduces readers to some of the slyest animals on the planet, and the award-winning author and illustrator Steve Jenkins is here to show you what earned them their reputation. Steve's Extreme Animals reader series explores nature's truly superlative animals with the help of illustrations, infographics, facts, and figures while detailing the astounding abilities of critters as small as a frog or as big as a whale. Each installment focuses...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2011]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. What happens in a second? A gnat beats its wings 1000 times. A hummingbird beats its wings 75 times. A shrew's heart beats 13 times. A bat squeaks and listens for an echo 10 times. A dropped stone falls 16 feet. Earth travels 18 miles in its trip around the sun....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the conditions and terrain of Mount Everest, attempts that have been made to scale this peak, and general information about the equipment and techniques of mountain climbing.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces young children to the important work of zookeepers in protecting animals under their care, depicting such lesser-known jobs as playing soccer with rhinos and trimming elephant toenails.
15) The shark book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explores the lives, habits, and types of sharks, one of the world's oldest and most feared species.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Flies are fast! They can hover, walk upside down, and use their lightning-quick reflexes to escape predators. But rainbow trout, slender lorises, and assassin bugs can catch them. Chimney swifts can, too. How do such diverse creatures manage to capture the same prey? Similar in structure to What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?, this eye-popping picture book introduces readers to a menagerie of animals that approach the same challenges in very different...
18) Hello, baby!
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
A baby encounters a variety of young animals, including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub, before discovering the most precious creature of all. On board pages.
"After meeting a bevy of baby animals—including a clever monkey, a hairy warthog, and a dusty lion cub—the baby in this story discovers the most precious creature of all…itself, of course!"--
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
This companion to the celebrated Mama Built a Little Nest explores the many different kinds of dens animals build for their babies. Perhaps youll come across a den, dark and deep and wide. And it will make you wonder Who or what might be inside! There are so many different kinds of dens that mother animals make for their babies, from desert burrows to snow caves to elaborate underground tunnels. Jennifer Ward introduces young readers to all sorts...