Jenkins, Steve. Animal Facts: By the Numbers : A Book of Infographics. Steve Jenkins, Illus By the Numbers Series. Clarion,06/2022. 40pp. Non-Fiction. GRADES 3 – 8. ADDITIONAL. Trade $14.99. 978-0-358-47012-0. Paper $ 5.99. 978-0-358-47013-7.
SERIES REVIEW: Explore the world (or beyond it) through depictions of interesting factoids presented via infographics representing a variety of subjects and numbers. These series titles utilize cut and torn paper collage illustrations to simplify complex numbers and a universe of things into easy-to-understand concepts. Readers will discover hundreds of facts, flowing from one topic or idea to another as the title topics are explored. This reviewer read two of the six titles, which are very similar in ease of browseability and simple presentation of complex topics. One Day shows off how a day can be measured— in heart beats, deaths, animals eaten, changes to the planet, water consumed, or distances 158 traveled. Animal Facts depicts animal sizes, speeds, life spans, and other interesting facts about animals (such as noisiest and deadliest) that readers are unlikely to know. Fun to browse and to get quick facts from, but not something to just read straight through.
Joshua Rees, Daly City Public Library