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1) What do you do with a tail like this?

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Caldecott Award Books
Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español

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A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this interactive guessing book, beautifully illustrated in cut-paper collage, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor.

This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read Aloud Informational Text).

2) Look again: secrets of animal camouflage

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"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!"-- Publisher's description.

3) Disasters by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics

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An amazing look at Earth's natural disasters as seen through numbers, facts, and stunning infographics from Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins!

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...

4) Earth

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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 learn about the complex and wonderful place we call home, Earth.
Discover some of the most fascinating aspects of our...

5) Dinosaurs

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Caldecott Honor winner Steve Jenkins introduces By the Numbers infographic readers, chock full of incredible infographs and stunning, full color cut-paper illustrations. Dinosaurs will explore the world of these extinct giants, still living large in our imaginations today.
Through infographics, illustrations, facts, and figures, readers will learn about the giants that roamed the earth millions of years ago, but that still captivate...

6) Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do

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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,...

7) Animals by the numbers: a book of infographics

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"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. Jenkins layers his signature cut-paper illustrations alongside computer graphics and a text that is teeming with fresh, unexpected, and accurate zoological...

8) Actual size

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Math Tells a Story- BBTL Teacher Training Book List

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Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.

9) How to Clean a Hippopotamus

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How to Clean a Hippopotamus, a book about animal symbiosis, offers readers a close-up, step-by-step view of nature's fascinating partnerships. 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. Witness the ingenious lifestyles of some of the world's most unusual animal partners in this book of curious biology, a symbiotic collaboration by Steve

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10) Biggest, strongest, fastest

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Cut paper collage illustrations introduce a variety of animals that surpass all others in certain physical features or abilities.

11) Creature features: 25 animals explain why they look the way they do

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"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."--Amazon.com.

12) Eye to eye: how animals see the world

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world.

13) My first day

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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

14) Speediest!: 19 very fast animals

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Where do nineteen of the speediest animals on the planet live, how big are they compared to humans, and just how fast are they? These and other questions are answered through infographics, facts, and figureśand Steve Jenkins' signature artwork.

15) Down, down, down: a journey to the bottom of the sea

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Illustrations explore the ocean from the birds and waves down to the deepest, darkest bottom; and feature jellyfish, squid, whales, and more.

16) Apex predators: the world's deadliest hunters, past and present

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"In his latest illustrated exploration of the animal kingdom, Steve Jenkins introduces readers to some of the most powerful predators in history, from the Tyrannosaurus rex to the African lion."-- Provided by publisher.

17) How to swallow a pig: step-by-step advice from the animal kingdom

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"How to Swallow a Pig is a clever and whimsical nonfiction book about animal behavior disguised as a How-to/Advice book by the bestselling team of Steve Jenkins and Robin Page."-- Provided by publisher.

18) The shark book

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"Sharp teeth, super senses, and those infamous fins--what's not to love about sharks? Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore one of the world's most notorious--and fearsome--animals. Learn what makes a shark a shark, what sharks like to eat, and how these predators of the deep have evolved. Ever wonder which shark is the smallest? Or the fastest? Even the most deadly? You'll find your answers in The Shark Book, with countless...

19) Never smile at a monkey: and 17 other important things to remember

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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Picture Books in Both English and Spanish/Libros ilustrados en ingles y español

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Discover how dangerous an animal can be when it feels threatened or trapped.

20) Stinkiest!: 20 smelly animals

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Jenkins, Steve, 1952-

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"Describes the odors that some animals have developed to stay safe and thrive in their environments, including the striped skunk, the bombardier beetle, and the honey badger"--OCLC.