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Tag: Steve Jenkins

In Memory: Steve Jenkins

Posted on March 17, 2022March 15, 2022

Photo courtesy of Melissa Stewart

By Clara Hammett

Steve Jenkins, award-winning author and illustrator of books featuring torn-paper collages about the natural world, died on Dec. 26 of a splenic artery aneurysm. He was 69.

Steve Jenkins, 69, Dies; His Children’s Books Brought Science to Life by Penelope Greener from the New York Times.

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Guest Post: Melissa Stewart on Concept Picture Books

Guest Post: Melissa Stewart on Concept Picture Books

Posted on May 22, 2017January 4, 2019

By Melissa Stewart

Most people in the children’s literature community are familiar with picture book biographies, but did you know that there’s a second major category of nonfiction picture books?

It’s time to shine some light on concept picture books.

A concept picture book explores an abstract idea or process,

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