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Book Cover for: Biggest, Strongest, Fastest, Steve Jenkins

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest

Steve Jenkins

An informative introduction to the "world records" held by fourteen members of the animal kingdom. Each spread portrays an animal that is the largest, slowest, longest lived. Readers can see the animal's size in relation to something familiar. "Here's proof that power isn't just about size and that science can be a lot of fun." -- Booklist, starred review

Book Details

  • Publisher: Clarion Books
  • Publish Date: Aug 25th, 1997
  • Pages: 32
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.92in - 10.00in - 0.12in - 0.30lb
  • EAN: 9780395861363
  • Recommended age: 04-07
  • Categories: Science & Nature - ZoologyAnimals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric CreaturesAnimals - Reptiles & Amphibians

About the Author

Jenkins, Steve: -

Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.

Jenkins, Steve: -

Steve Jenkins wrote and illustrated many nonfiction picture books for young readers, including the Caldecott Honor Book What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? His books have been called stunning, eye-popping, inventive, gorgeous, masterful, extraordinary, playful, irresistible, compelling, engaging, accessible, glorious, and informative.

More books by Steve Jenkins

Book Cover for: What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?: A Caldecott Honor Award Winner, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Our World: By the Numbers, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Apex Predators, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Actual Size, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Why Do Elephants Have Big Ears?: Questions -- And Surprising Answers -- About Animals, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: The Animal Book: A Collection of the Fastest, Fiercest, Toughest, Cleverest, Shyest--And Most Surprising--Animals on Earth, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Looking Down, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: My First Day, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Eye to Eye/How Animals See the World: How Animals See the World, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Dinosaurs Roar Shaped Board Book with Lift-The-Flaps: Lift-The-Flap and Discover, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Toes, Teeth, and Tentacles: A Curious Counting Book, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: The Frog Book, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics, Steve Jenkins
Book Cover for: How to Swallow a Pig: Step-By-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom, Steve Jenkins

Praise for this book

"Here's proof that power isn't just about size and that science can be a lot of fun." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review --