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Deserts
Quinn M. Arnold
Paperback (Creative Paperbacks, Feb. 7, 2017)The popular Seedlings series offers irresistible introductions to animals, birds, sea life, insects, eco systems, and an array of transporation. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these books spotlight the bodies, behaviors, and habitats of living things and the parts, operation, and roles of vehicles. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge! A kindergarten-level introduction to deserts, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their dry terrain.
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Deserts
Yvonne Franklin
language (Teacher Created Materials, Sept. 7, 2009)Deserts may seem like harsh, uninhabitable places, but actually they support a diverse quantity of plant and animal life. And, they aren't always hot! Deserts serve an important role in Earth's existence, too. Readers learn about hot and cold deserts alike, as well as semi-arid and coastal deserts. From the Horned Lizard to the Saguaro cactus rooted in rich soil, the desert biome will amaze readers.
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The Desert
John C. Van Dyke
Paperback (Gibbs Smith, Sept. 1, 1991)The author expresses his love for the desert in this account of his three-year journey
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The desert
A. Starker Leopold
Hardcover (Time-Life International, March 15, 1962)Non-fiction: science, nature,
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Desert Dog
Jim Kjelgaard
Paperback (Yearling, Aug. 1, 1984)Book by Kjelgaard, Jim
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Desert
Miranda Macquitty
Hardcover (Knopf Books for Young Readers, May 10, 1994)Full-color photos. Examine the forces that form deserts and discover the amazing variety of life in these seemingly desolate lands, from frogs that hibernate for years to Bedouins who can tell direction just by feeling stones on the ground.
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Desert Dog
Jim Kjelgaard
Paperback (Skylark, Aug. 1, 1975)Tawny, a racing greyhound, yearns for the freedom of the wide open spaces, but he must learn the ways of the wild before he can cope with desert life
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Desert Dog
Tony Johnston, Robert Weatherford
Paperback (Sierra Club Books For Children, March 14, 2008)"I'm a desert dog, a desert dog. / I work from sun to sun. / I'm a skinny dog, as tough as wire. / I own myself alone." In a voice as old and earthy as desert rock, a gruff, hard-working canine tells his tale of a day spent herding goats. From the moment "Dawn Boy walks along the hills" until the moon rises in a night as "black as Raven's wing," he watches over the herd with his boy companion. No cute, storybook pup, this is a flesh-and-blood dog who howls his story to the moon and can "show a lizard who is boss." Tony Johnston's lyrical text and Robert Weatherford's powerful paintings bring dog and boy and desert vividly to life. Tony Johnston is the author of more than one hundred books for young readers, including Desert Song, illustrated by Ed Young. Tony's body of work has received high praise from reviewers and many prestigious awards. She makes her home in San Marino, California. Robert Weatherford is a fine-art painter whose work is exhibited widely throughout the West. A longtime resident of Telluride, Colorado, he currently makes his home in the Hollywood Hills. Desert Dog is his first book for young readers.
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