Author: Mike Miller
Publisher: Stephens Press, LLC
ISBN: 1932173382
Category : Desert
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Ages 4 to 8 years. Come and learn about the desert with Tomas, the friendly little tortoise who lives in his burrow in Red Rock Canyon! Tomas has been on many adventures, which have been written down and illustrated by Mike Miller. This is his first "Big Book". He wants you to find out which desert plants and animals are friendly and which ones are dangerous. What makes the canyon rock so red? Why is the desert so dry? What happens if you grab a lizard by the tail? Why shouldn't you feed the wild animals? Tomas promises the answers to all these questions and more.
Author: Sandal English
Publisher: Treasure Chest Books
ISBN:
Category : Cooking (Beans)
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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Offers more than 350 recipes for using prickly pears, dates, olives, grapes, pecans & dozens of other native & cultivated fruits & nuts that abound in the Sonoran Desert area of Arizona & South California. For cooks who live elsewhere, virtually every fruit or nut covered in the book is available at the supermarket. English also includes in the book a palatable mixture of food history, anecdotes & nutritional information.
Author: Yuval Zommer
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500652643
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The new installment in the popular Big Book series connects young readers from around the world by emphasizing that we all belong to the same planet Earth. The Big Book of Belonging is a timely celebration of all the ways that humans are connected to life on planet Earth. With children at the heart of every beautifully illustrated spread, this book draws parallels between the way humans, plants, and animals live and behave. We all breathe the same air and take warmth from the same sun, we grow, we adapt to the seasons, and we live together in family groups. Readers will be fascinated to learn that instead of using words to communicate, fava beans send chemical messages through their roots, Caribbean reef squid send warnings of danger and even declarations of love by changing color, and that adorable big-eyed primates called tarsiers make calls to one another over the noise of the rainforest that are too high-pitched for predators to hear. By putting children at the heart of the book’s concept, author Yuval Zommer unites readers of the Big Book series from all corners of the world under one banner—of belonging to planet Earth. The book’s gentle message of caring for nature will inspire readers of all ages and encourage a new generation of environmentalists to flourish.
Author: Time-Life Books
Publisher: Time Life Medical
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Pueblos beneath a turquoise sky, kindred tribes in a daunting land, in the realm of the Apache and Navajo.
Author: Kay Jackson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780736864046
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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A simple look at deserts and their animals and plants.
Author: Ken Buchanan
Publisher: Northland Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Presents the reaction of people and animals as it rains after months of scorching days in the desert.
Author: Jerry Pallotta
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 1632895226
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The parched, mysterious deserts of the world are the landscapes for this alphabet array of plants, animals, and phenomena. Meet the colorful Crimson Chat, the deadly Inland Taipan, and the cartwheeling Golden Wheel Spider. Look beneath and beyond the sand for familiar, unfamiliar, and comical desert dwellers. Author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Mark Astrella invite readers to one of nature's most forbidding environments. And if you feel thirsty after reading about some of the driest places on earth, don't worry. There's a Water-holding frog!
Author: Gregory J. Davenport
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 081174468X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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• Travel safely through extreme environments • Find water, dress for the environment, create a campsite, signal, and navigate in the desert • Series author Greg Davenport has appeared on ABC's Primetime Thursday and CBS's 48 Hours The techniques and equipment necessary for surviving in the desert are made more challenging by the intense sunlight, wide temperature range, sparse vegetation, and sandstorms, but Greg Davenport shares how to deal with the toughest conditions. Learn how to avoid insects and snakes. Photos and drawings illustrate gear and techniques necessary for survival in the rough and dangerous terrain.
Author: Annie Proulx
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742622
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 413
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A photographic and multidisciplinary study of one of America’s last undeveloped—and most endangered—landscapes, edited by a Pulitzer Prize–winning author. A vast expanse of rock formations, sand dunes, and sagebrush in central and southwest Wyoming, the little-known Red Desert is one of the last undeveloped landscapes in the United States, as well as one of the most endangered. It is a last refuge for many species of wildlife. Sitting atop one of North America's largest untapped reservoirs of natural gas, the Red Desert is a magnet for energy producers who are damaging its complex and fragile ecosystem in a headlong race to open a new domestic source of energy and reap the profits. To capture and preserve what makes the Red Desert both valuable and scientifically and historically interesting, writer Annie Proulx and photographer Martin Stupich enlisted a team of scientists and scholars to join them in exploring the Red Desert through many disciplines: geology, hydrology, paleontology, ornithology, zoology, entomology, botany, climatology, anthropology, archaeology, sociology, and history. Their essays reveal many fascinating, often previously unknown facts about the Red Desert—everything from the rich pocket habitats that support an amazing diversity of life to engrossing stories of the transcontinental migrations that began in prehistory and continue today on I-80—which bisects the Red Desert. Complemented by Martin Stupich’s photo-essay, which portrays both the beauty and the devastation that characterize the region today, Red Desert bears eloquent witness to a unique landscape in its final years as a wild place./
Author: Pushpa Jain
Publisher: Ratna Sagar
ISBN: 9788183321594
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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A child-friendly series that stresses on the do-and-learn approach and follows the guidelines specified by the NCERT and the NCF. Interesting facts, given as 'Fun To Know', are boxed in the text. 'More To Do' activities give an insight into how knowledge gained from books can be transferred to practical life. 'Fun To Learn' section helps to learn in a fun way.
