Books with author Steven Savage

Classification: Insects shows children how to identify and group insects according to their characteristics. It answers questions such as what is an insect? Where do insects live? What do insects eat? And how do insects move about? Along with many others. The book looks at insects from butterflies and beetles to wasps and ants and their young, as well as some more unusual amphibians such as hawk moth caterpillars and glowworms. It also offers advice on keeping insects as pets. The book also contains a useful scale to demonstrate the size of many insects in comparison to a human hand, along with a topic web, a glossary and some suggestions for extension activities. Other titles in the series include Classification: Birds, Classification: Insects, Classification: Reptiles, Classification: Mammals and Classification: Fish.

Discover the exciting world of the blackbird, from inner-city gardens to remote woodlands, and explore some of the different habitats that are the blackbird's home. Could you tell the difference between a blackbird and a crow? Would you recognize a blackbird's song? Do you know what its nest looks like? Follow the blackbird's life cycle, from the hatching of a chick to finding a mate, and find out about the threats facing blackbirds today and what can be done to protect them. This work includes an animal map, locator map, life cycle summary, and "unusual fact" boxes.