I have a LOT of the books by
Steve Jenkins (although certainly not all) and when I'm working on putting together a new Zoology lesson I always regret that there's no master list of all the animals he included in all the books I have. I have to read through all of them. One at a time. Every single time.
So this is my project for today!
Waldorf teaches Zoology in 4th grade, so if you're teaching 4th grade hopefully this list will be useful for you as well!
I store the first two books on this list in my Timeline of Life section (Montessori Second Great Lesson) and the remaining books in Zoology.
Apex Predators: The World's Deadliest Hunters, Past and Present
Siberian tiger, Tyrannosaurus rex, Komodo dragon, great white shark, African wild dog, electric eel, fossa, giant freshwater ray, giant short-faced bear, terror bird, marsupial saber-tooth, giant teratorn, Daedon, Titanoboa, Hatzegopteryx, Tylosaurus, Spinosaurus, Utahraptor, Mastodonsaurus, Dimetrodon, Dunkleosteus, sea scorpion, Trigonotarbid, Anomalocaris
Prehistoric Actual Size
Morganucodon, Velocirapto, protozoa, sea scorpion, spiny shark, Diplocaulus, dragonfly (Carboniferous), cockroach (Carboniferous), millipede (Carbondiferous), Dinocephalosaurus, Saltopus, Dsungaripterus, Baryonyx, Giganotosaurus, Protoceratops, Leptictidium, terror bird, Epigaulus
Actual Size
pygmy shrew, atlas moth, dwarf goby, giant squid, Alaskan brown bear, ostrich, giant anteater, Goliath birdeater tarantula, saltwater crocodile, Goliath frog, great white shark, gorilla, pygmy mouse lemur, Siberian tiger, Goliath beetle, giant walking stick, African elephant, giant Gippsland earthworm
Almost Gone: The World's Rarest Animals
Amur leopard, monkey-eating eagle, crested shelduck, Grand Cayman blue iguana, northern hairy-nosed wombat, California condor, addax, Yangtze River dolphin, Assam rabbit, Miami blue butterfly, Javan rhinoceros, golden lion tamarin, eastern barred bandicoot, giant stick insect, dwarf water buffalo, Bactrian camel, waterfall frog, coelacanth, Iriomote cat, Abington Island tortoise, North Atlantic right whale, Moa, Steller's sea cow, Tasmanian wolf, Guam flying fox, gharial, whooping crane, alpine ibex
Animals in Flight
barn swallow, dragonfly, cockroach, Pterandon, Archaeopteryx, Quetzacoatlus, robin, barn owl, scarlet macaw, housefly, hummingbird, duck, peregrine falcon, vulture, ostrich, penguin, hawk, honeybee, wasp, butterfly, ladybug, vampire bat, flying squirrel, flying lizard, flying gecko, flying fish, flying snake, flying frog, wandering albatross, fairy fly, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterfly, bumblebee bat, Indian flying fox, bee hummingbird, horsefly, big brown bat, Arctic tern, spotted whooper swan, monarch butterfly, spine-tailed swift
Animals Upside Down: A Pull, Pop, Lift & Learn Book!
striped skunk, Oriental fire-bellied toad, darkling beetle, white-tailed nuthatch, harvest mouse, pangolin, net-casting spider, upside-down jellyfish, trumpetfish, baya weaverbird, hanging parrot, broad-billed hummingbird, greater fruit bat, housefly, flamingo, mallard, upside-down catfish, pale green weevil, Virginia opossum, hog-nosed snake, sparrowhawk, monkey skink, red bird of paradise, three-toed sloth, Australian leaf insect, woolly monkey
Big & Little
Siberian tiger, Siamese cat, ostrich, ruby-throated hummingbird, Nile crocodile, African chameleon, capybara, deer mouse, African rock python, coral snake, gorilla, pygmy marmoset, gray wolf, fennec fox, leatherback turtle, painted turtle, red kangaroo, Virginia opossum, great white shark, cat shark, southern elephant seal, sea otter
Biggest, Strongest, Fastest
African elephant, ant, giraffe, blue whale, Etruscan shrew, bee hummingbird, sun jellyfish, bird spider, cheetah, electric eel, land snail, anaconda, flea, Galápagos tortoise
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work
giant anteater, alligator, human, dog, horse, aardwolf, barn owl, mole, spider monkey, gray whale, turtle, fruit bat, tiger, eagle, Tyrannosaurus rex, elephant, stork, cat, toe-toed sloth, box turtle, python, Velociraptor, dolphin, giraffe, mouse lemur, vampire bat, armadillo, parrot, green turtle, butterfly fish, baboon, chameleon, tree shrew, babirusa, bullfrog, rabbit, leopard, rhinoceros, crow, blue whale, dwarf goby
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do
tapir, mandrill, red fan parrot, leaf-nosed bat, horned frog, bighorn sheep, Egyptian vulture, frilled lizard, harpy eagle, hamster, pufferfish, star-nosed mole, bearded seal, spicebush swallowtail, giant panda, red squirrel, sun bear, thorny devil, babirusa, mole rat, axolotl, giraffe, blobfish, shoebill stork, rock hyrax
Egg: Nature's Perfect Package
acorn weevil, alligator, American toad, apple snail, Asian palm swift, black-eyed squid, black-spotted sticky frog, blue crab, brine shrimp, brown widow spider, common green lacewing, common murre, corn snake, cowbird, cuttlefish, driver ant, egg-eating snake, Egyptian vulture, emu, fire ant, fish tapeworm, five-lined skink, Goliath walking stick insect, gray partridge, green sea turtle, grunion, hibiscus harlequin bug, horn shark, horned starfish, jawfish, Julia butterfly, kampango, kiwi, lily trotter, maleo, marsupial frog, midwife toad, mongoose, moon snail, mosquito, Noble's pygmy frog, nursery web spider, paper nautilus, platypus, Protoceratops, red-eyed tree frog, royal albatross, spectral bat, spider wasp, splash tetra, toucan, volutid snail, weedy seadragon, white tern
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World
red-crowned Amazon parrot, jumping stick insect, sea slug, garden snail, nautilus, Atlantic bay scallop, colossal squid, bullfrog, stalk-eyed fly, blue mountain swallowtail, green pit viper, jumping spider, brownsnout spookfish, tuatara, halibut, panther chameleon, ghost crab, gharial, housecat, hippopotamus, leopard gecko, tarsier, mantis shrimp, Eurasian buzzard
How Many Ways Can You Catch a Fly?
diving beetle, grizzly bear, matamata, anhinga, dolphin, electric eel, Surinam toad, earwig, ichneumon wasp, white tern, Polynesian megapode, echidna, lily trotter, tailorbird, leafcutter ant, white tent bat, orangutan, capuchin monkey, Jackson's chameleon, rainbow trout, slender loris, net-casting spider, assassin bug, chimney swift, burrowing parrot, Mexican burrowing toad, worm lizard, red rock urchin, prairie mole cricket, aardvark, raccoon, herring gull, sea star, whelk, bat ray, mantis shrimp
How to Clean a Hippopotamus: A Look at Unusual Animal Partnerships
boxer crab, hermit crab, sea sponge, decorator crab, upside-down jellyfish, prairie dog, coyote, badger, zebra, wildebeest, ostrich, cattle egret, waterbuck, raven, wolf, honeyguide, ratel, oxpecker, giraffe, rhinoceros, red deer, African buffalo, warthog, mongoose, marine iguana, Sally Lightfoot crab, Egyptian plover, African crocodile, ocean sunfish, seagull, remora, tiger shark, cleaner wrasse, tang, green sea turtle, hippopotamus, African helmeted turtle, clownfish, sea anemone, social weaver, African pygmy falcon, black tree ant, rufous woodpecker, tuatara, Cook's petrel, goby, blind shrimp, pea crab, giant clam, meat ant, leafhopper, blue butterfly, red ant, domestic dog
How to Swallow a Pig: Step-by-Step Advice from the Animal Kingdom
humpback whale, common tailorbird, capuchin, bighorn sheep, crow, American beaver, mimic octopus, reddish egret, paper wasp, barn spider, satin bowerbird, vervet monkey, leaf-cutter ant, Nile crocodile, nine-banded armadillo, ant lion, western grebe, reticulated python
Living Color
tomato frog, scarlet percher dragonfly, deep-sea jellyfish, scarlet ibis, blood red fire shrimp, Malaysian cherry-red centipede, stonefish, hooded seal, flame scallop, 'i'iwi honeycreeper, white uakari, red salamander, harvest mite larva, shield bug, crow, hyacinth macaw, poison dart frog, cleaner wrasse, robin's egg, blue morpho butterfly, cobalt blue tarantula, blue-winged grasshopper, Portuguese man-of-war, blue bird of paradise, blue-tongued skink, blue-tailed skink, crab spider, Madagascar moon moth, yellow mongoose, trumpet fish, great hornbill, eyelash viper, yellow crazy ant, yellow crab, ladybird beetle, American goldfinch, common cuttlefish, leaf insect, green moray eel, three-toed sloth, lesser green broadbill, green anole, green tiger beetle, luna moth caterpillar, giant green anemone, leafy sea dragon, kelp isopod, African chameleon, garibaldi, orange pygmy seahorse, monarch butterfly, viceroy butterfly, cock-of-the-rock, leaf oyster, purple sea urchin, deep-sea dragonfish, ringed caecilian, violet raft snail, blue sea slug, long-wattled umbrella bird, parrotfish, orchid mantis, olm, flamingo, pink squat lobster, pink fairy armadillo
crocodile fish, whip coral shrimp, trumpetfish, leafy seadragon, frogfish, giant Pacific octopus, moss mimic stick insect, common potoo, tulip-tree beauty moth, gray tree frog, high-casqued chameleon, white-banded crab spider, orchid mantis, wavy-lined emerald moth caterpillar, eyelash viper, rainbow lorikeet, Gaboon viper, Malayan tapir, bat-faced toad, dead-leaf moth, leaf-mimic katydid, willow grouse, Arctic hare, Arctic fox, polar bear, elm sphinx moth, giant leaf insect, green huntsman spider, green vine snake, common brimstone butterfly, marsh frog, satanic leaf gecko, Namibian stone grasshopper, pallid ghost crab, wrybill, marine iguana
Look at Me! How to Attract Attention in the Animal World
hooded seal, magnificent frigatebird, twig snake, great horned owl, pufferfish, common todad, great crested grebe, royal flycatcher, Mediterranean mantis, blue-spotted mudskipper, blue-footed booby, Japanese crane, scorpion, fiddler crab, mandrill, Budgett's frog, springbok, hippopotamus, sea slug, golden poison dart frog, mandarinfish, mandarin duck, red bird of paradise, Carolina anole, Indian bullfrog, common milkweed locust, sarcastic fringehead, firefly, deep-sea dragonfish, regal ringneck snake, hooded pitohui, ladybird mimic spider, flag-footed bug, long-tailed widowbird, stalk-eyed fly, big skate, bullseye moth, four-eyed butterflyfish, ring-tailed lemur
Move!
white-cheeked gibbon, African jacana, blue whale, nine-banded armadillo, Nile crocodile, corn snake, praying mantis, roadrunner, Arctic hare, jumping spider, polar bear, penguin
My First Day: What Animals Do on Day One
kiwi, Siberian tiger, wood duck, giraffe, emperor penguin, sea otter, leatherback sea turtle, blue wildebeest, sifaka, capybara, zebra, Malayan tapir, California sea lion, Mexican free-tailed bat, megapode, Darwin's frog, manatee, musk ox, parent bug, golden snub-nosed monkey, muntjac, polar bear
Never Smile at a Monkey and 17 Other Important Things to Remember
platypus, cone shell, hippopotamus, box jellyfish, stingray, black bear, cane toad, puffer fish, spitting cobra, electric caterpillar, cassowary, African buffalo, tang, blue-ringed octopus, red kangaroo, beaded lizard, Humboldt squid, rhesus monkey
Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World
African elephant, Gould long-eared bat, nine-banded armadillo, New Mexico whiptail lizard, naked mole rat, termite, grizzly bear, spotted hyena, black widow spider, cheetah, peregrine falcon, wild turkey, beaver, Nile crocodile, European shrew, great crested grebe, cichlid, cuckoo catfish, Asian koel, common myna, giant anteater
Slap, Squeak, and Scatter: How Animals Communicate
beaver, vervet monkey, white-tailed deer, chaffinch, mole rat, chimpanzee, wolf, barking tree toad, grasshopper, blue-footed booby, orb-web spider, humpback whale, ring-tailed lemur, bat, elephant, flashlight fish, dolphin, turkey vulture, honeybee, fire ant, klipspringer antelope, house cat, hippopotamus
Time for a Bath
Bengal tiger, Indian rhinoceros, emu, turkey vulture, ant, giant pangolin, Japanese macaque, African elephant, jerboa, jackrabbit, web-footed gecko, rufous hummingbird, roseate spoonbill, scarlet cleaner shrimp, tomato grouper, white-tailed deer
Time to Eat
giant panda, common wood tick, northern short-tailed shrew, acorn woodpecker, chipmunk, butcherbird, black widow spider, crucifix toad, anaconda, ostrich, dung beetle, pelican, giant hawk moth, aye-aye, tiger shark, black rat, blue whale
Time to Sleep
giraffe, hairy armadillo, red fox, European bee-eater, basilisk, flamingo, parrotfish, warthog, green sea turtle, white stork, European hedgehog, wood frog, long-horned bee, koala, walrus, bottlenose dolphin, gorilla
Tiny Monsters: The Strange Creatures That Live On Us, In Us, and Around Us
thistle mantis, beetle mite, armored snout mite, mealworm, pine processionary caterpillar, common furniture beetle, zebra jumping spider, house dust mite, dragon springtail, great diving beetle, South American jumping ant, marine scale worm, eyelash mite, cat flea, bedbug, pork tapeworm, chigger, Varroa mite, head louse, hookworm, deer tick, bluebottle fly, mosquito, tardigrade
What Do You Do If You Work at the Zoo?
red kangaroo, king vulture, Humboldt penguin, aardvark, Galápagos tortoise, African elephant, hippopotamus, meerkat, leopard seal, Malayan tapir, polar bear, black rhinoceros, Komodo dragon, giant panda, spotted hyena, giraffe, West Indian manatee, shovelnose guitarfish, reticulated python, southern elephant seal, cheetah
What Do You Do When Something Wants to Eat You?
octopus, bombardier beetle, puffer fish, glass snake, pangolin, basilisk lizard, hog-nosed snake, clown fish, hover fly, gliding frog, silkmoth, Javanese leaf insect, flying fish, blue-tongued skink
What Do You Do with a Tail Like This?
platypus, hyena, African elephant, American alligator, star-nosed mole, yellow-winged bat, field cricket, antelope jackrabbit, hippopotamus, humpback whale, striped skunk, giraffe, five-lined skink, scorpion, spider monkey, chameleon, bald eagle, horned lizard, four-eyed fish, bush baby, chimpanzee, blue-footed booby, common water strider, gecko, mountain goat, brown pelican, mosquito, giant anteater, egg-eating snake, archerfish
I'm not including The Beetle Book or The Frog Book in this list because I would already know to look in those sources! And I already listed the animals in Down, Down, Down: A Journey to the Bottom of the Sea in Habitats: Mesopelagic, Bathypelagic, Abyssopelagic, Hadalpelagic Zones.
Steve Jenkins also does wonderful infographics books, which I like for Math. In Waldorf, reading charts and graphs is part of Business Math in 6th grade.
Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
Size, pp.10-11: human, Mososaurus, Amau frog, Megalodon, whale shark, grizzly bear, African elephant, Moa, oarfish, Argentinosaurus, hippopotamus, ground sloth, blue whale, Titanoboa, reticulated python, colossal squid, manta ray, Quetzalcoatlus, saltwater crocodile, Sarcosuchus, Indricotherium, Tyrannosaurus rex, bee hummingbird, dwarf goby, pygmy seahorse, Brookseia chameleon, Wolfi octopus, thread snake, bumblebee bat
Biomass, pp.12-13: human, bristlemouth, termite, chicken, sheep, cattle, dog, cat, Antarctic krill, squid, rat, elephant, blue whale, wild animals, domestic animals
Speed, pp.16-17: human, peregrine falcon, spine-tailed swift, free-tailed bat, green darner dragonfly, flying fish, cheetah, pronghorn antelope, ostrich, Australian tiger beetle, sailfish, dolphin, California sea lion, Gentoo penguin, humpback whale
Animal Leapers, pp.18-19: snow leopard, red kangaroo, impala, jackrabbit, kangaroo rat, southern cricket frog, froghopper, flea
Wing Beats, p.20: gnat, mosquito, housefly, hummingbird, dragonfly, bat, eagle, vulture
Sleep, p.21: human, giraffe, elephant, dog, cat, squirrel, python, brown bat
Life Spans, p.22: human, quahog clam, rat, dog, porcupine, camel, hippopotamus, bowhead whale, octopus, earthworm, starfish, lobster, red sea urchin, adult mayfly, ant queen, tarantula, termite queen, tuna, goldfish, catfish, carp, koi, bull frog, crocodile, box turtle, tuatara, giant tortoise, chicken, albatross, condor, cockatoo
Heart Rate, p.23: human, hummingbird, shrew, mouse, chicken, rabbit, cat, horse, elephant, blue whale
Horns, pp.24-25: markhor, blackbuck, Watusi bull, greater kuku, white rhinoceros, Jackson's chameleon, ibex, scimitar-horned oryx
Tongues, pp.26-27: giant anteater, chameleon, giraffe, Morgan's sphinx moth, sun bear, tube-lipped nectar bat
Animal Sounds, pp.28-29: coqui frog, water boatman, macaw, lion, hyena, bush cricket, elephant, wolf, cicada, kakapo, howler monkey, bulldog bat, blue whale, pistol shrimp, sperm whale
Defenses, pp.30-31: three-banded armadillo
(this is a great example of a decision tree)
Poisonous or Venomous?, pp.32-33: golden poison dart frog, beadlet anemone, inland taipan, marbled cone shell, box jellyfish, Sydney funnel-web spider, reef stonefish, puffer fish, blue-ringed octopus, Russel's viper
Deadly Animals, pp.34-35: shark, lion, box jellyfish, elephant, bee, Cape buffalo, hippopotamus, crocodile
Deadlier, pp.36-37: fat-tailed scorpion, krait, tsetse fly, dog, snake, mosquito
Mountain Tops & Ocean Depths, pp.38-39: human, Rüppell's vulture, blue sheep, Himalayan jumping spider, Himalayan viper, Mexican free-tailed bat, thick-billed murre, beaked whale, snailfish, supergiant amphipod
Temperature, pp.40-41: human, Pompeii worm, Sahara desert ant, desert pupfish, Antarctic icefish, wood frog, red flat bark beetle, polar bear, emperor penguin, tardigrade
Migration, pp.42-43: wildebeest, Brent goose, monarch butterfly, leatherback sea turtle, globe skimmer dragonfly, gray whale, great white shark, sooty sheerwater, arctic tern
Endangered Animals, pp.46-47: Miami blue butterfly, golden-headed langur, Javan rhino, Spix's macaw, Amur leopard, bajii dolphin, Red River soft-shelled turtle
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