Deserts
(2011)

Nonfiction

Book

Series:
Call Numbers:
E/577.54/BENOIT,P

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Kids' Nonfiction E/577.54/BENOIT,P Available
Kids' Nonfiction E/577.54/BENOIT,P Available

Details

PUBLISHED
New York : Children's Press, [2011]
©2011
DESCRIPTION

48 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780531205556 (hardcover), 053120555X (hardcover), 9780531281048 (softcover), 0531281043 (softcover), 9780531205556
LANGUAGE
English
SERIES
NOTES

Exploring the desert. What are deserts and where are they found? -- With sand and wind. How does nature make a desert in the first place? -- The big truth -- The desert weather report. What is the forecast for today? -- Man-made deserts. How have people and cities changed the deserts of the world? -- Home, sweet desert home. How can people possibly live in some of the world's deserts? -- Wildlife under the sun. What kinds of plants and animals survive in deserts? -- True statistics

Explores the desert ecology, discusses how some are formed, and explains how people, animals, and plants survive there

750L