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HELLO BABY! (written by Mem Fox), Beach Lane Books / Simon & Schuster, 2009
NEVER SMILE AT A MONKEY: AND 17 OTHER IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
HOW MANY WAYS CAN YOU CATCH A FLY? (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2008
SISTERS AND BROTHERS (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2008
ANIMAL POEMS (written by Valerie Worth), Farrar Straus Giroux, 2007
PREHISTORIC ACTUAL SIZE, Houghton Mifflin, 2005
ACTUAL SIZE, Houghton Mifflin, 2004
NEXT STOP NEPTUNE: EXPERIENCING THE SOLAR SYSTEM (written by Alvin Jenkins), Houghton Mifflin, 2004
RAIN, RAIN, RAINFOREST (written by Brenda Z. Guiberson), Henry Holt, 2004
WIGGLING WORMS AT WORK (written by Wendy Pfeffer), HarperCollins Publishers, 2004
ONE NIGHTTIME SEA (written by Deborah Lee Rose), Scholastic Press, 2003
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH A TAIL LIKE THIS? (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2003
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This is Jenkins' first book. He illustrated it for Marc Robinson. 1993
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Steven and his wife Robin Page collaborate often on books. They have co-written at least 10 children's books together.
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They have 3 children, Page, Alec, and Jamie.
2007
"I believe that there's a cultural misconception about scientists, reinforced by many books, movies and television shows,that a scientist is cold, logical, unable to see the forest for the trees, the opposite of the artist, who is creative and intuitive; that science is Western and dissects things, while Eastern and artistic thought are holistic, spiritual, non-judgmental. But art and science are not mutually exclusive. I believe that understanding how things work, what they're called, and what they do, increases our sense of awe and reverence. I believe we should teach science as a process, tool, not just a collection of facts. It's a tool that allows children to test their own theories and to trust their own conclusions."
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_jenkins_steve.html
2005
"My father was a scientist and encouraged my interest in the natural world."-- Steve Jenkins, interview/article with Children's Literature: Independent Information and Reviews (http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_jenkins_steve.html)
1997
A Video About Making Books
LIFE ON EARTH: THE STORY OF EVOLUTION, Houghton Mifflin, 2002
ANIMALS IN FLIGHT (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2001
BUGS ARE INSECTS (written by Anne Rockwell), HarperCollins Publishers, 2001
SLAP, SQUEAK AND SCATTER: HOW ANIMALS COMMUNICATE, Houghton Mifflin, 2001
INTO THE A, B, SEA: AN OCEAN ALPHABET (written by Deborah Lee Rose), Scholastic Press, 2000
http://www.stevejenkinsbooks.com/makinganillustration_CD.mov
Jenkins is also inspired by the questions his children ask about nature and why things work. His book, Looking Down, for example, was inspired by a plane ride with his daughter Page. She asked about the cars and houses and why they were so small.
(http://www.stevejenkinsbooks.com/makingbooks.html)
2008
Steve Jenkins believes there is always something you're unable to capture in the illustrations of non-fiction. For example, when trying to paint or draw an animal, he says, there's always something you will miss. He believes that rather than obsess over the details he could never accurately capture with paint, he can use paper to create a similar aesthetic as the real animal and foster the reader's imagination to visualize the real thing. By using paper, he allows kids the opportunity to fill in the blanks. (http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_jenkins_steve.html)
DOGS AND CATS, Houghton Mifflin, 2007
LIVING COLOR, Houghton Mifflin, 2007
VULTURE VIEW (written by April Pulley Sayre), Henry Holt, 2007
ALMOST GONE: THE WORLD'S RAREST ANIMALS, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006
BIRD SONGS: A BACKWARDS COUTING BOOK (written by Betsy Franco), Margaret K. McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 2006
MOVE! (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2006
I SEE A KOOKABURRA! DISCOVERING ANIMAL HABITATS AROUND THE WORLD (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin, 2005
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The Top of the World: Climbing Mount Everest-- Boston Globe--Horn Book Awards Winner 1999 Nonfiction United States; Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book 2000 United States
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Life On Earth: The Story of Evolution--Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Recommended Title 2003 United States
Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest--Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book 1999 United States
Actual Size-- Books of the Year Winner 2004 Ages 2 to 4 United States; Editors' Choice Top of the List Winner 2004 Youth Nonfiction United States; Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book 2005 United States
Living Color-- 2008 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award Honor Book
What Do You Do With A Tail Like This-- Caldecott Honor Award in 2004; Charlotte Zolotow Award Highly Commended 2004 United States
http://www.stevejenkinsbooks.com/about.html
(Steve Jenkins Books website)
Jenkins is not a trained writer. He actually finds it difficult. So as he writes, he keeps these things in mind:
1- not to patronize or confuse
2- anticipate questions kids might ask
3- give adults a break by having the answers to those possible questions in the back of the books
40 only writes about subjects he's completely fascinated with himself
(http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1112)
http://www.childrenslit.com/childrenslit/mai_jenkins_steve.html
(an article/interview with Steve Jenkins by the Children's Literature Independent Information and Reviews)
http://blaine.org/sevenimpossiblethings/?p=1112
(Interview/article from "Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast" online articles)
http://www.teachingbooks.net/author_collection.cgi?id=26&a=1
(Meet the Author, Teaching Books Website)
http://www.hmhbooks.com/readers_guides/pdfs/JenkinsGuide.pdf
(Uses for the Classroom, Lesson Plans and Activities)
EYE TO EYE: HOW ANIMALS SEE THE WORLD, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014
ANIMAL BOOK, THE: A COLLECTION OF THE FASTEST, FIERCEST, TOUGHEST, CLEVEREST, SHYEST--AND MOST SURPRISING--ANIMALS ON EARTH, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
EAT LIKE A BEAR (written by April Pulley Sayre), Henry Holt and Company, 2013
MY FIRST DAY (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013
PUG AND OTHER ANIMAL POEMS (written by Valerie Worth), Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013
BEETLE BOOK, THE, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2012
MAKING ANIMAL BABIES (written by Sneed B. Collard III), Houghton Mifflin, 2000
TOP OF THE WORLD: CLIMBING MOUNT EVEREST, THE, Houghton Mifflin, 1999
HOTTEST, COLDEST, HIGHEST, DEEPEST, Houghton Mifflin, 1998
THIS BIG SKY (written by Pat Mora), Scholastic Press, 1998
ANIMAL DADS (written by Sneed B. Collard III), Houghton Mifflin, 1997
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN SOMETHING WANTS TO EAT YOU?, Houghton Mifflin, 1997
BIG AND LITTLE, Houghton Mifflin, 1996
BIGGEST, STRONGEST, FASTEST, Houghton Mifflin, 1995
ELEPHANTS SWIM (written by Linda Capus Riley), Houghton Mifflin, 1995
LOOKING DOWN, Houghton Mifflin, 1995
DUCK'S BREATH AND MOUSE PIE: A COLLECTION OF ANIMAL SUPERSTITIONS, Ticknor & Fields, 1994
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO! WHAT DOES IT SOUND LIKE TO YOU? (written by Marc Robinson), Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1993
HOW TO CLEAN A HIPPOPOTAMUS: A LOOK AT UNUSUAL ANIMAL PARTNERSHIPS (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
VOLCANO WAKES UP! (written by Lisa Westberg Peters), Henry Holt, 2010
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN: A JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009
HELLO BABY! (written by Mem Fox), Beach Lane Books / Simon & Schuster, 2009
MORE ANIMAL POEMS (written by Valerie Worth), Farrar Straus Giroux, 2012
BILLIONS OF YEARS, AMAZING CHANGES: THE STORY OF EVOLUTION (written by Laurence Pringle), Boyds Mills Press, 2011
JUST A SECOND, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011
TIME FOR A BATH (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011
TIME TO EAT (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011
TIME TO SLEEP (created with Robin Page), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011
BONES: SKELETONS AND HOW THEY WORK, Scholastic Press, 2010
Actual Size-- Books of the Year Winner 2004 Ages 2 to 4 United States; Editors' Choice Top of the List Winner 2004 Youth Nonfiction United States; Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Honor Book 2005 United States