Join Read City USA's million-hour reading challenge, Tails and Tales, and journey with us to the savanna! Savannas occur where there's more rainfall than a desert might receive, but not enough to support a rainforest. Savannas are home to large herds of grazing animals and the predators that follow them. The savanna habitat can be found in the East African plains, the South American pampas, and the open woodlands of northern Australia. Animals found in savanna habitats include elephants, lions, giraffes, cheetahs, and zebras.
Craft
Create this set of finger puppets to tell your own savanna stories! When you've completed the craft, log another hour of reading on the Million-Hour Expedition.
Don't have access to a printer? Every library location will have one or more crafts available to pick up each month.
Book lists
The book list below features animals of the savanna, the habitat, and the people who live and interact there. Let's go on an adventure!
Juvenile
- Bravelands: Broken Pride by Erin Hunter Juvenile Fiction
- The Elephant by Jenni Desmond Juvenile Nonfiction
- Giraffe Problems by Jory John Easy-Picture Book
- The Great Cake Mystery: Precious Ramotswe’s Very First Case by Alexander McCall Smith Juvenile Fiction
- Honey…Honey…Lion!: A Story from Africa by Jan Brett Easy-Picture Book
- The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney Easy-Picture Book
- The Magnificent Migration: On Safari with Africa’s Last Great Herds by Sy Montgomery Juvenile Nonfiction
- Rain by Manya Stojic Easy-Picture Book
- Rhino in the House: The True Story of Saving Samia by Daniel Kirk Juvenile Nonfiction
- Run for Your Life!: Predators and Prey on the African Savanna by Lola M. Schaefer Juvenile Nonfiction
Teen
- Pigs Might Fly by Nick Abadzis
- Vengeance Road by Erin Bowman
- Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savanna by Anna Badkhen
- Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark and Delia Owens
Adult Fiction
- The White Bone by Barbara Gowdy
- The Tusk that Did the Damage by Tania James
- The Wandering Falcon by Jamil Ahmad
- A Guide to the Birds of East Africa by Nicholas Drayson
Adult Nonfiction
- Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savanna by Anna Badkhen
- Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-Three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People by Mark and Delia Owens
- A Primate’s Memoir by Robert Sapolsky
- Cathedral of the Wild: An African Journey Home by Boyd Varty
- Love, Life, and Elephants: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick
- The Man-Eaters of Tsavo by J.H. Patterson