Biggest, Strongest, Fastest

 

Title:  Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
Author: Steve Jenkins
Published By: Ticknor & Fields Books for Young Readers


As I read this book, I asked myself “Will I use this in my classroom?” Steve Jenkins’ Biggest, Strongest, Fastest would definitely be added to my classroom library. Not only will I enjoy reading these books to my students but students will enjoy reading about animals and reading about the interesting animals facts paired with each picture. This story uses simplistic illustrations. Pictures are “paper collage” and stand alone on the page. An interesting part of these illustrations is that some of them extend onto another page. For example, when describing the whale in this story, we learn that they whale is 110 feet long (WOW!). To exaggerate the length of the whale, Jenkins continues the whale illustration from the front of the page onto the back. Biggest, Strongest, Fastest is a great nonfiction book!

I also like this book because  Jenkins goes into detail on all the “bests” of the animal kingdoms like fastest, biggest, or slowest moving animal. It also states the simple facts about animals and then compares them to humans so that students can actually understand the difference! This book is just amazing and something that I could share during science or even a compare and contrast literature lesson.