Bøger af Steve Jenkins

How big is a crocodile? What about a tiger, or the worlds largest spider? Can you imagine a tongue that is two feet long or an eye thats bigger than your head? Sometimes facts and figures dont tell the whole story. Sometimes you need to see things for yourselfat their actual size.

As fascinating and informative as ever, this sequel to Jenkins' equally impressive Actual Size presents prehistoric creatures to lifesize proportions. It's hard to imagine a six foot long millipede or a dinosaur even smaller than a chicken, but readers come face to face with these and many more in this outstanding nonfiction offering from a Caldecott Honor winner.

Which animals eat bamboo, can gulp down a whole deer, or swallow rocks to help them eat?

Millions of plants and animals live on Earth, but why do some species survive while others go extinct? A young readers guide to evolution with full-colour cut-paper illustrations.

Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full-colour cut-paper illustrations. Earth will focus on the fascinating ins-and-outs of earth science.

The award-winning team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page introduce young readers to some of the stealthiest, most astonishingly camouflaged animals in the natural world and ask them to seek out these sneaky animals hiding in plain sight! Ideal for readers of the Over and Under books.

Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore form, colour, 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.

A heart-warming picture book adaptation of the New York Times bestselling adult memoir Esther the Wonder Pig, proving that families come in all shapes and sizes.

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.

Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins is back with more Extreme Animals, perfect for young readers looking for accessible nonfiction chock full of incredible art. Speediest! will focus on the fastest members of the animal kingdom.

I have two big yellow eyes, soft, silky feathers, eight sharp claws, and an unlucky mouse in my pointy black beak. Who am I? Who Am I? gives reader clues so they can guess which animal will be revealed in a beautiful, full-spread illustration when they turn the page. Playful nouns, adjectives, and verbs describe the characteristics and movements of each animal. Minimal yet descriptive text encourages visual literacy and positions this title as a wonderful learning to read book. Extra facts will be included at the back of the book. Imaginative, fun, and beautiful, Who Am I? is an informative and dynamic picture book sure to please.

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out aboutEndangered AnimalsHave you seen a northern hairy-nosed wombat or an eastern barred bandicoot? These animals are so rare, they might disappear forever, and they're not alone. Read and find out about some of the animals that are almost gone.Introduce basic science concepts to young children and help satisfy their curiosity about how the world works.

From Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins comes the EXTREME ANIMALS series of early readers. TRICKIEST! will focus on the cleverest, most deceptive members of the animal kingdom.

From Caldecott Honor recipient Steve Jenkins comes the EXTREME ANIMALS series of early readers. DEADLIEST! will focus on the most lethal members of the animal kingdom.

What does it take to be "top dog?" In this illustrated exploration of the animal kingdom, Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces readers to some of the most powerful predators in history, from the Tyrannosaurus rex to the African Siberian tiger.Using his signature cut paper art style, Jenkins illustrates how these animals dominate their different ecosystems using speed, strength, and even cooperation and cunning.Take a trip through history and discover apex predators both past and present, from the earliest sea creatures to the modern African lion and giant freshwater ray, which can grow to over fifteen feet.

Discover six of the most intriguing habitats, and have fun pin pointing the camouflaged critters hiding within them this interactive and informative picture book full of furry, feathery, and ferocious creatures.

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 in his latest work of illustrated nonfiction.

A red-lipped batfish waddles across the sea floor on its fins. These creatures come equipped with legs, wings, and they often move from place to place in surprising ways. In the latest eye-catching escape into the kingdom of Animalia, Caldecott Honor-winning team Jenkins and Page show how animals roll, fly, walk, leap, climb, swim and even flip.

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. More people have stood on the surface of the moon than have visited the deepest spot in the ocean. Come along as we travel down, down, down from the surface to the bottom of the sea. It'll be a journey you won't soon forget.

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, collect a cone shell, or touch a tang fish? In this picture book, you'll find out what you should never do if you encounter one of these surprisingly dangerous animals.

Features animals smooth and spiky, fast and slow, that hop and waddle. In this title, sections such as "Animal Senses," "Animal Extremes," and "The Story of Life" burst with facts and infographics that will have trivia buffs asking, "Do you know a termite queen can produce up to 30,000 eggs a day?".

A title that explores animal characteristics and behaviours as well as the role of cats and dogs in human history.

Dear axolotl: Why do you have feathers growing out of your head? Axolotl: They aren't feathers?they're gills! They let me breathe underwater. Let's face it. Even as babies, we humans pay close attention to faces. Observing another person's features and expressions tells us whether they are happy, angry, excited, or sad. And when we look at an animal, it's hard not to imagine that its face is communicating human feelings. This isn't true, of course. Squinty eyes, an upturned mouth, or another odd expression is probably there because, in some way, it helps that animal survive. Packed with many cool facts and visuals on where certain animals live and what they eat, this book captures twenty-five humorous?and very true?explanations of why animals look the way they do in order to exist in this world.

The beetle world is vast: one out of every four living things on earth is a beetle. From the goliath beetle that weighs one fourth of a pound to the nine inch long titan beetle, the author presents an array of these intriguing insects and the many amazing adaptations they have made to survive.

Hatching a plan for survival isn't always easy in the wild. And how animals lay, protect, and even use each other's eggs as a food source help reveal the life cycle of the natural world. Eggs come in all shapes and sizes. The ostrich's is the largest, but some are so small, you need a microscope to spot them. This book deals with eggs.