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The desert is an amazing place filled with secrets and surprises. Desert Night Desert Day brings the best of the desert out from the shadows with warm and enticing illustrations for kids to enjoy over and over. Popular nature author Anthony D. Fredericks and artist Kenneth J. Spengler team up to bring the desert to life with lively verse and colorful illustrations.
7) Desert biome
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Text and photographs look at the climate, plants, and animals of desert biomes.
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"Could you survive being lost in the desert? Imagine being attacked by a rattlesnake in North America's Sonoran Desert, wild dogs in Africa's Kalahari Desert, or a redback spider in the Australian Outback. How far would you be willing to go to save your own life? Would it work? Flip through these pages to find out!"--
11) Life in a desert
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to life in a desert. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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In this adventurous, Spanish-translated nonfiction title, elementary readers discover poisonous plants and dangerous animals from deserts around the world. Readers will be enthralled with its vivid images, informational text, and interesting facts about desert ecology and desert plants and animals, including sidewinder snakes, dingo's, desert locusts, and barrel cacti.
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"Fold a desert full of origami scorpions, cactuses, snakes, and more! Simple instructions and step-by-step images make origami easy while fun facts throughout share more information about the real-life versions of your fancy folded friends. Additional materials explore even more about desert biomes. Fold your way to fun with a world of origami"--
19) Deserts
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"Provides information on deserts, one of the major biomes, or ecological areas, in the world today"--
20) Cactus Hotel
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Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.