Bøger af Candace Savage

A new edition of Candace Savage's bestseller with a new forward by the authorMore than 50,000 copies of all editions of Bird Brains sold worldwide

Crows are all around us, shouting from lamp posts, poking around on lawns, and generally taking a bright-eyed interest in everything that moves st of us don't know much about their lives. In How to Know a Crow, award-winning author Candace Savage invites us into the fascinating world of these big, brash, and surprisingly brainy birds.

For kids with big questions comes a mesmerizing celebration of the universe and our place in it, perfect for STEM learning.The story of the universe is enough to send our minds spinning with wonder! This awe-inspiring picture book explores the science behind the start of our universe and how we came to be a part of it, from the Big Bang and the beginning of life on Earth all the way up until today.Designed for readers 4-8, Always Beginning includes:Science-based information on how the world was created, and how life on Earth startedFacts about our solar system and the Big Bang.Backmatter explaining the science, including a timeline of the origins of the universe through the ages of fish, reptiles, mammals, and humans.Told with reassuring warmth and mesmerizing art, Always Beginning captures the immensity and strangeness of our galaxy.

Candace Savage's acclaimed and beautifully written guide to the ecology of the prairies, now revised and updated.Praise for the previous edition of Prairie: "Impelled with its sense of the miraculous in nature."-Globe and MailThis revised edition of Prairie features a new preface along with updated research on the effects of climate change on an increasingly vulnerable landscape.It also offers new information on: · conservation of threatened species, including the black-tailed prairie dog and farmland birds; · grassland loss and conservation; · the health of rivers and the water table; · the effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on prairie wetlands; · the benefits of regenerative agriculture. Illustrated with elegant black-and-white line drawings and maps, this award-winning tome continues to be a highly readable guide to understanding the ecology, geological history, biodiversity, and resilience of the prairies.

-Finalist, Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Non-Fiction When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house in the romantic little town of Eastend, she has no idea what awaits her. At first she enjoys exploring the area around their new home, including the boyhood haunts of the celebrated American writer Wallace Stegner, the back roads of the Cypress Hills, the dinosaur skeletons at the T.Rex Discovery Centre, the fossils to be found in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the wild inhabitants of this mysterious land-three coyotes in a ditch at night, their eyes glinting in the dark; a deer at the window; a cougar pussy-footing it through a gully a few minutes' walk from town. But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality-a story of cruelty and survival set in the still-recent past--and finds that she must reassess the story she grew up with as the daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter of prairie homesteaders. Beautifully written, impeccably researched, and imbued with Savage's passion for this place, "A Geography of Blood" offers both a shocking new version of plains history and an unforgettable portrait of the windswept, shining country of the Cypress Hills.

Travel back in time to 1655, when sorcerers read the future in crystal balls, villagers cast spells on their neighbors, and boys studied to become wizards! You'll meet 12-year-old Isaac Newton, a schoolboy determined to master the hidden powers that make this world work. Join him on his (well-illustrated) exciting quest through the last great age of magic when wizardry was real and scientific revolution was just around the corner.

"Franny has a new friend--a crow who brings her presents in its beak. Like a red button! And a silver heart! Franny's dad doesn't believe her. He says crows and kids can't be friends. But Franny knows better. How will Franny prove her new playmate is real? And what will the crafty crow bring next?"--Provied by publisher.

When Candace Savage and her partner buy a house near the Saskatchewan-Montana border, her naturalist’s instinct propels her to explore the area. She takes pleasure in the Wild West setting, discovering hidden back roads, dinosaur skeletons at the discovery center, and fossils in the dust-dry hills. She also revels in her encounters with the land’s wild inhabitants — wolves, cougars and howling coyotes. But as Savage explores further, she uncovers a darker reality — the little-known history of the Native people who were displaced from their homes, forced onto reserves, and deliberately starved — and finds that she must reassess her own family’s history as prairie sodbusters. Beautifully written and impeccably researched, A Geography of Blood offers both a shocking new version of Western history and an unforgettable portrait of the windswept, shining country of Cypress Hills, a holy place that helps us remember.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.

Co-published by: David Suzuki Foundation.

A treasure trove of stories, poems, and information on the brainy, black-feathered bird that’s rich in insight and humor.This revised and expanded edition of Candace Savage’s best-selling book about ravens and crows is enhanced by additional paintings, drawings, and photos, as well as a fascinating selection of first-person stories and poems about remarkable encounters with crows. In one story, a pack of crows brilliantly thwarts an attack by a Golden Eagle; in another, a mischievous crow rescues the author from grief. And in a third piece, after nursing a battered baby crow back to health until it flies off with other crows, Louise Erdrich hauntingly describes her altered awareness as she listens for the “dark laugh” of crows while she works.Based on two decades of audacious research by scientists around the world, the book also provides an unprecedented, evidence-based glimpse into corvids’ intellectual, social, and emotional lives. But whether viewed through the lens of science, myth, or everyday experience, the result is always the same. These birds are so smart—and so mysterious—they take your breath away.Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute.Praise for Crows“A beautifully crafted celebration of these birds.” —Nature“A deft juxtaposition of interesting anecdotes and firsthand accounts of scientific discoveries.” —Canadian Literature“Surprising avian revelations are contained within the pages of Savage’s glorious festival of crow arcana.” —Alberta Views