Books with author Stephen Savoie

Classification: Focus on: Mammals shows children how to identify and group mammals according to their characteristics. It answers questions such as what is a mammal? Where do mammals live? What do mammals eat? And how do mammals keep cool? Along with many others. The book looks at mammals from monkeys and bears to elephants and meerkats and their young, as well as some more unusual mammals such as mole rats and duck-billed platypuses. It also offers advice on keeping mammals as pets. The book also contains a useful scale to demonstrate the size of many amphibians in comparison to a human hand or an adult male, along with a topic web, a glossary and some suggestions for extension activities. Other titles in the series include Classification: Focus on: Amphibians, Classification: Focus on: Birds, Classification: Focus on: Insects, Classification: Focus on: Reptiles and Classification: Focus on: Fish.

Could you tell the difference between a swallow and a sparrow? Would you recognize a swallow's song? Do you know what its nest looks like? With this book, young readers can follow the swallow's life cycle, from the hatching of a chick to finding a mate. Look inside to discover the exciting world of the swallow, from a European barn to the South African savannah, and explore some of the different habitats that are the swallow's home. Find out about the threats facing swallows today and what can be done to protect them. This work includes an animal map, locator map, life cycle summary, and "unusual fact" boxes.

From award-winning author-illustrator Stephen Savage comes a playful wordless picture book about what the figures on road signs do when no one is around!What do the figures on signs do when no one is watching? Under cover of night, they leave their signs to play and collaborate in this imaginative story by celebrated author-illustrator Stephen Savage.

Cats make wonderful pets because of how cuddly and adorable they are. But they are also kinda weird. They really really like to stare at stuff. Like all the time. Why is that? Cats Like to Stare is a light-hearted book that explores this puzzling mystery, and is full of beautiful images of cute kitties staring at who knows what. Why are cats so weird? We may never know.

Homes come in all shapes in sizes. There are giant mansions with more rooms than you can count, tiny huts with only enough room for a bed, and everything in between. What Makes a Home explores different types of homes and what makes each one unique. Despite all of these differences, they also all share one thing in common, the people inside that make them a home.