Desert Habitat

by Kelley MacAulay, Bobbie Kalman

Overview

The desert is a habitat of extreme climate that provides plants and animals with unique survival challenges. A Desert Habitat provides an introduction to one of the world’s most fascinating desert habitats: the Sonoran Desert. More plants and animals live in the Sonoran Desert than in any other desert on Earth. A Desert Habitat uses simple language and large, full-color images to teach children about
• the weather in the Sonoran Desert
• how Sonoran Desert plants perform photosynthesis
• how animals find food, keep cool, and stay alive

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778729785
Publisher:	Crabtree Publishing Company
Publication date:	11/28/2006
Series:	Introducing Habitats
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	159,680
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	IG470L (what's this?)
Age Range:	5 - 8 Years

Editorial Reviews

Gr 2-4
These simplistic works aim to introduce students to specific habitats and to the animals and plants inhabiting them. The texts are nearly identical, with only the names of the creatures and the illustrations differentiating the areas discussed. The tables of contents are virtually interchangeable, and the topics discussed include weather, food, warmth, and homes. In Desert , an additional chapter, "Night Life," states that coyotes can smell in the dark. The indexes are close to unusable, and some of the words in the texts are in bold for no apparent reason. The color illustrations-some photographs, some drawings-are quite good, but there are no maps to show the places discussed. Marginal purchases.
—Eva Elisabeth VonAnckenCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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