From nests and burrows to silk and shells, Step Inside! A Look Inside Animal Homes explores the places and spaces that animals call home. Discover crevices and pits where eels and reef fish make camouflaged homes. Peek through a bubble nest to find a spittlebug nymph hiding inside, cool and disguised. Look inside a burrow to find a sand wasp, a mouse, a wolverine, or a warthog. Check out an African termite mound, taller than a giraffe and made from wood, mud, and spit, and the mongoose families that make their homes inside abandoned mounds. Then travel underground to see the trick tunnels of trapdoor spiders and the intricate highways and byways of moles. Dozens of animal homes are presented in fun, full-color photographs, while their home-building and home-living behavior is explored in playful verse.

An avid birdwatcher and hiker, Catherine Ham enjoys writing about animals she has seen in the wild. Catherine is the author of ANIMAL FIGHTS and ANIMAL NAPS. She is also the author of several best-selling knitting books, including WEEKEND CRAFTER KNITTING: 20 SIMPLE STYLISH WEARABLES FOR BEGINNERS. Catherine lives in Austin, Texas.