Stephen Swinburne Books In Order

Novels

  1. Wiff and Dirty George (2010)

Collections

Picture Books

  1. The Woods Scientist (1980)
  2. Swallows In The Birdhouse (1996)
  3. Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes (1998)
  4. Moon In Bear’s Eyes (1998)
  5. Water for One, Water for Everyone (1998)
  6. In Good Hands (1998)
  7. Safe, Warm, and Snug (1999)
  8. Guess Whose Shadow? (1999)
  9. Once A Wolf (1999)
  10. Coyote (1999)
  11. Unbeatable Beaks (1999)
  12. What’s Opposite? (2000)
  13. What’s a Pair? What’s a Dozen? (2000)
  14. Bobcat (2001)
  15. I Am a Butterfly (2002)
  16. What Color Is Nature? (2002)
  17. Boxing Rabbits, Bellowing Allig (2002)
  18. Go, Go, Go! (2002)
  19. Black Bear (2003)
  20. Turtle Tide (2005)
  21. Wings of Light (2006)
  22. Saving Manatees (2006)
  23. Armadillo Trail (2009)
  24. A Butterfly Grows (2009)
  25. Whose Shoes? (2010)

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Stephen Swinburne Books Overview

The Woods Scientist

Sue Morse is at home in the woods; she has read the woods ever since she could remember. She believes that by reading the forests she can help save them. So outside the door of her small cabin lies her laboratory: the rich and extensive forest and all of the creatures who live there. Revealing just how active and engaging science and scientists can be, this book also gives us a closer glimpse into the vulnerable homes of bear, lynx, deer, bobcat, and all the dwellers of the woods.

Swallows In The Birdhouse

Two children put up a birdhouse in their backyard and watch as a pair of tree swallows build a nest and raise six babies before migrating south in the fall. Includes information about tree swallows and about birdhouses.

Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This colorful photoessay teaches the concept of geometric shapes and introduces basic mathematical principles through observation of the shapes seen in nature.

Moon In Bear’s Eyes

Describes a day in the life of a grizzly bear family in Yellowstone’s high country.

Water for One, Water for Everyone

A counting tale in which native animals, from one tortoise to ten elephants, arrive at a Kenyan waterhole.

In Good Hands

The Sierra Club’s publishing program for children is intended to bring to young people books about the earth, its creatures, and humankind’s role among them. Sierra Club Books for Children offer responsible information about the environment to young readers, with attention to the poetry and magic in nature that so fascinated and inspired John Muir, the poet philosopher who was the Sierra Club’s founder. Covering a wide range of genres from naturel history to fiction these books look at the world with the eyes of the young, exploring and probing the little known from starting places close to home. If you like this book, ask your bookseller or librarian for others in this unique program.

Safe, Warm, and Snug

Parent animals protect their babies from predators and the elements in lots of unusual ways. This delightful rhyming picture book explores some of the unique behaviors that creatures from kangaroos to cockroaches, emperor penguins to Surinam toads, use to keep their offspring Safe, Warm, and Snug. Vivid illustrations by award winning illustrators Jose Aruego and Ariane Dewey enhance the humor in every poem.

Guess Whose Shadow?

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Introduces the scientific phenomenon of shadows, and offers a guessing game where readers can figure out whose shadow is represented.

Once A Wolf

With powerful and rare photographs by Jim Brandenburg, Once A Wolf explores the long, troubled relationship between humans and wolves. The book traces the persecution of the wolf throughout history and also reveals the role scientists have played in wolf preservation. The work of scientists can often seem mysterious and intimidating to the nonscientist. No longer! Introducing an exciting perspective on the important work of scientists in all areas of research and study. Scientists in the Field show people immersed in the unpredictable and dynamic natural world, making science more accessible, relevant, and exciting to young readers. Far from the research laboratory, these books show first hand adventures in the great outdoors adventures with a purpose. From climbing into a snake den with thousands of slithering snakes to tracking wolves, readers experience the thrill of discovering the unknown.

Coyote

From the Arctic Circle to Costa Rica, from Maine to the tip of Baja, California, the Coyote thrives like no other animal in North America. It roams the Canadian wilderness and prowls the Arizona deserts and beyond. Over time this highly intelligent animal has learned to adapt to big cities, such as Los Angeles. It has even been sighted in Bronx, New York. But the Coyote is not always welcome. Farmers and cattle ranchers, who lose valuable sheep, chickens, and cows to the hungry dog, view it as a damaging predator. On the other hand, supporters of the Coyote argue that, like the wolf, the Coyote plays an important role in nature. In this fascinating book, Steve Swinburne draws the reader into the secretive world of the Coyote. His balanced and though provoking text, illustrated with dramatic full color photographs, examines how the Coyote behaves and survives. He considers the past and present history of the Coyote and what the future may hold in store for North America’s native dog.

Unbeatable Beaks

A beak is a spoon, a beak is a slicer.A beak is a scraper, stabber, and spiker. Have you ever wondered why birds have different shaped beaks? Many beaks are long and pointy while others are round and smooth. Some beaks have ridges; some are even shaped like spoons. Beaks are to birds what hands are to humans. That’s why birds can do the most amazing things with their beaks from spearing fish to turning eggs. Stephen R. Swinburne’s lyrical, chant along text and Joan Paley’s stunning paper collage illustrations introduce young children to a variety of wonderful birds and their distinctive beaks of all sizes, shapes, and colors.

What’s Opposite?

Up and down, big and small, hot and cold; opposites are all around us. Learning to identify opposites is one way by which children expand their view of the world. Soon they see that some things are completely different from one another and why. Steve Swinburne explores opposites through a simple, lively text and bright, colourful photographs that clearly illustrate this important concept. By the end of this engaging book, children will discover how opposites make the world a rich and wonderfully varied place. As in ‘What’s a Pair? What’s a Dozen?’, ‘Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes’, and ‘Guess Whose Shadow?’, Stephen Swinburne offers another lively and entertaining look at an all important concept.

Black Bear

Three species of bear inhabit North America: the grizzly, the polar bear, and the Black Bear. But the American Black Bear is truly North America’s bear, found only in North America. Black Bears range from Canada to Mexico, from New England to California. There may be as many as 750,000 Black Bears roaming the forests and mountains of the continent. With its large population, and with more people moving into Black Bear territory, it’s important that we understand this magnificent animal. Stephen R. Swinburne takes us to where Black Bears live. He joins biologists in search of bears in the Pennsylvania woods, where a mother bear is examined and her cubs tagged. He visits a ‘school teacher’ for orphaned cubs who teaches them how to survive in the wild. Along the way, he offers his personal observations together with fascinating facts about Black Bears and their world. Did you know that in the autumn, Black Bears consume as much as twenty thousand calories a day? That’s equivalent to forty two hamburgers! With stunning full color and archival photographs, this lively book shows how North America’s bear behaves and survives.

Turtle Tide

A mother turtle swims to shore. She digs a hole in a dune where she lays one hundred eggs. Following her instinct, she covers the eggs with sand and slowly makes her way back to sea. What happens next, from eggs to hatchlings, is one of the most extraordinary occurrences in nature. For the eggs provide food for other animals, and the eggs that survive produce hatchlings that, again, provide food for birds and crabs. Even those hatchlings that make it to the ocean face an uncertain future. Lyrical text and dramatic paintings give young readers an understanding of how turtles give birth and how the young fight for survival.

Wings of Light

The yellow butterfly’s journey begins in the Yucatan rain forest. From there it wings its way across the sea to reach the shores of North America. This butterfly, whose common name is cloudless sulphur, may travel as far as New England, a distance of more than 2,000 miles. The journey is hard. The butterfly must overcome dangers on land and water, from hungry lizards to stormy seas. Though it is a delicate creature, it has the strength to make the migration north. Some cloudless sulphurs on the east coast fly as far north as New England while those on the west coast may migrate all the way to Yellowstone National Park. Stephen Swinburne and Bruce Hiscock, creators of Turtle Tide: The Ways of Sea Turtles, follow the trail of one particular yellow butterfly, a butterfly with a notch on its wing. With lyrical prose and stunning illustrations, here is a story of one of nature’s spectacular events: the migration of the yellow butterfly.

Saving Manatees

Follow the journey of this ‘armored’ creature to the north. It is descended from an animal that evolved fifty five million years ago in South America. It looks like a miniature tank, with its stiff armor and short legs. When the Spanish arrived in the New World and saw this strange looking creature, they called it el armadillo, ‘the little armored one.’ Stephen Swinburne and Bruce Hiscock follow the trail of one armadillo in Texas that gives birth to four female pups. When her babies are ready, the mother leads them out of their burrow. Soon they learn how to dig for worms and beetles to eat. The young armadillos keep growing and keep moving, staying alert for dogs and other predators. They wander ever northward on a journey of survival fraught with danger.

A Butterfly Grows

This young nonfiction text and accompanying photographs detail the stages in a butterfly’s development: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis…
butterfly!

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