Steve Jenkins
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
510L
Language
English
Description
Animals can do amazing things with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails. Some of the skills are highlighted in this interactive guessing book. What bird has blue feet and what does he do with them that's special?
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 650L
Language
English
Description
"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.
6) Living color
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 950L
Language
English
Description
"Red, blue, yellow, green, orange, purple, pink -- animals can be amazingly colorful. Why are they found in so many hues? How do their brilliant feathers, scales, shells, and skin help them survive? Find out ... how animals use color to warn predators, signal friends, attract a mate, or hide from their enemies"--Front dust jacket flap.
7) Move!
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 450L
Language
English
Description
Introduces children to a collection of wild animals and, through detailed illustrations, shows how and why the slithering, hopping, and crawling creatures move as they do.
9) My first day
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
Description
Explores the first day of life for a variety of animals, from the emperor penguin to the Siberian tiger.
10) The beetle book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2012.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 980L
Language
English
Description
An illustrated introduction to a variety of beetle species with information on unique characteristics and how these insects have adapted to survive.
12) Dogs and cats
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
IG 990L
Language
English
Description
Offers a series of miscellaneous facts about dogs and cats, including their origins in human history, habits, behavior, anatomy, and socialization.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
"This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time. Just a Second is visualized as a linear series of illustrations and captions, starting with a second, a minute, an hour, a month, and a year....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Lexile measure
AD 1050L
Language
English
Description
"Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package, reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more, in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
"Explore unusual animal locomotion through incredible art and fascinating facts from the Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page"--
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
NC 1040L
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Lexile measure
IG 1030L
Language
English
Description
Shares facts on over three hundred animals and offers a brief overview of the history of life on Earth. Dance with a blue-footed booby, or stare down an eyelash viper. But mind your step-- in the animal world, the name of the game is survival --