Steve Jenkins (author)

Stephen Wilkins Jenkins (March 31, 1952 – December 26, 2021) was an American children's book author. He illustrated, wrote, and art-directed over 50 books.[1][2]

Stephen Wilkins Jenkins was born on March 31, 1952, in Hickory, North Carolina.[1] He received a bachelor's and master's from the school of design at North Carolina State University.[3]

Jenkins died on December 26, 2021, in Boulder, Colorado.[1]

Books
  • Duck's Breath and Mouse Pie: A Collection of Animal Superstitions (Ticknor & Fields, 1994)[2]
  • Animals in Flight[2]
  • What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?[2]

As illustrator

  • Deborah Lee Rose (One Nighttime Sea, Scholastic, 2003)[2]
  • Valerie Worth (Pug and Other Animal Poems, FSG, 2013)[2]
  • April Pulley Sayre (Squirrels Leap, Squirrels Sleep, Holt, 2016)[2]

References
  1. Green, Penelope (January 16, 2022). "Steve Jenkins, 69, Dies; His Children's Books Brought Science to Life". The New York Times.
  2. Maughan, Shannon (January 11, 2022). "Obituary: Steve Jenkins". Publishers Weekly.
  3. Something About the Author. Vol. 154. Gale. 2005. pp. 88–94. ISBN 978-1-4144-0575-9. ISSN 0276-816X. OCLC 507352268.


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