Steve Jenkins

Biographical Information (Who am I?) picturebooks for children. Regarding his family background, his father is a physics professor and astronomer. However, when he was young, his father was in the military, and his family had to move quite often. With pleasant experiences of shard book reading by his father as well as geographical changes shaped him as a child who is interested in nature and reading books. However, he decided to go to art school rather than to become a scientist. With knowledge of graphic design and personal interest and desire to create a book for children, he became a children’s book author and illustrator with more than [https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/27541.Steve_Jenkins 30 picturebooks]! Themes questions about life science and physical science that usually come up with children. For instance, his children’s questions and curiosity inspired him to create the books, Looking Down (2003) and Biggest, Strongest, Fastest (1997)''.
 * Steve Jenkins was born in 1952 in North Carolina. He has published numerous informational
 * Science
 * The themes of his books are all related to
 * Here is the link for book making process: Making Books:

Style collage and torn-paper illustrations create unique art styles.
 * The adjectives, bold, clean, distinctive, crisp, and details, could represent his illustrating styles. The following images show his art style. In his books, the animals are vivid in their colors as well as details. Cut-paper


 * Images from Actual Size by Steve Jenkins (2011)

Bibliography and nominated by numerous children’s book associations and periodicals. The representative works and awards are as follow with links to check the books.
 * Steve Jenkins’ works were awarded

Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (2008)'' Orbis Pictus Recommended Book citation: Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution (2003) National Science Teachers Association (NSTA): ''What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You? (1998)''
 * Caldecott Honor: ''What
 * National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
 * Outstanding Trade Book for Children citation,

Criticism Amazon.com and Goodreads.com since it was challenging to search children’s responses on his books. found out different reader responses when it comes to descriptions of the fact (or possibility). For instance, some reviewers commented difficulties in unexpected descriptions of dangers touching the introduced animals about the book, ''Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember'' (2009). Touching certain animals or smiling could cause serious dangers to human such as death and poisoning. It is quite interesting for me to think about adult readers’ interpretations in reading informational picturebooks for children. Smile at a Monkey Book Trailer.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8OS-VuuWsM
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 * While checking criticism about his books, I
 * I added the link of the book trailer, Never

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 * Co-author, Robin Page is his wife!