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Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult ReadersĬybils Award for Nonfiction Picture Books What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? (as illus.) The Horn Book Magazine has included the following books in their lists of the best children's nonfiction books of the year: The Top of the World (1999), Life on Earth (2002), Invisible Allies (2005), and The Animal Book (2013).

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books included the following books in their lists of the best books of the year: How to Swallow a Pig (2015) and Animals by the Numbers (2016). ( April 2023)įorty-four of Jenkins's books are Junior Library Guild selections. This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items. Jenkins died on Decemof a splenic artery aneurysm, in Boulder, Colorado. Jenkins's debut book, Duck’s Breath and Mouse Pie, was published in 1994. In 1994, they moved to Boulder, Colorado. After graduating, the couple moved to New York City, and in 1982, founded their own graphic design firm, Jenkins & Page. During his time at NCSU, he met his wife, Robin Page. He received a bachelor's and master's from the School of Sesign at North Carolina State University (NCSU). His father was in the miliary, so he spent much of his childhood moving from one city to the next. Jenkins was born Main Hickory, North Carolina to Alvin and Margaret Jenkins. He illustrated, wrote, and art-directed over 80 books. Stephen Wilkins Jenkins (Ma– December 26, 2021) was an American children's book author.

Life on Earth by Steve Jenkins