All About Desert Life (Oxford Read and Discover Level 4)

All About Desert Life (Oxford Read and Discover Level 4)

Author: Julie Penn

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2015-02-05

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 0194139565

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Read and discover all about desert life around the world. How do animals stay cool in the desert? Why are deserts getting bigger? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.


Desert Life

Desert Life

Author: Karen Krebbs

Publisher: Adventure Publications

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1591936640

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Learn about more than 80 species of plants and animals—and how they survive in the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts. Although it may look barren, the desert is teeming with life. Have you ever wondered which animals and plants thrive in the American Southwest and how they survive? This fantastic guide reveals the answers! Desert Life is filled with stunning photography and fascinating information from Karen Krebbs, a naturalist with more than 30 years of experience studying desert life. Featuring such entries as mountain lions, owls, snakes, and scorpions, as well as cacti, yuccas, and more, this guide to plant life and wildlife provides the information you want to know. Inside you’ll find: Spotlight on more than 80 species of desert plants and animals Special emphasis on how to spot them and how they survive Engaging information about the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts “Wow” facts about diet, predators, lifespan, and more From plants and small insects to large mammals, the species featured in this book provide an entirely new understanding of life in the desert!


101 Questions about Desert Life

101 Questions about Desert Life

Author: Alice Jablonsky

Publisher: Western National Parks Association

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 1877856320

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A collection of one hundred and one questions about life in the desert.


Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy

Desert in Modern Literature and Philosophy

Author: Aidan Tynan

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press

Published: 2020-06-18

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1474443370

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Aidan explores the ways in which Nietzsche's warning that 'the desert grows' has been taken up by Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze in their critiques of modernity, and the desert in literature ranging from T.S Eliot to Don DeLillo; from imperial travel writing to postmodernism; and from the Old Testament to salvagepunk.


Hidden Life of the Desert

Hidden Life of the Desert

Author: Thomas Alan Wiewandt

Publisher: Mountain Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780878425556

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Takes a photographic tour of the life cycles of the desert, where all creatures must adapt to extremes of heat and cold and the coming and going of the rains.


Life in the Desert

Life in the Desert

Author: Andrew Clements

Publisher: Steck-Vaughn

Published: 1998-01-01

Total Pages: 33

ISBN-13: 9780817272975

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This pairing of fiction and non-fiction literature features a story about a boy and his father on a desert camping trip and a mystery they uncover and a monograph about desert ecology.


Life in a Desert

Life in a Desert

Author: Carol K. Lindeen

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2003-07

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9780736833998

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Text and photographs introduce the desert biome, describing its environment, plants, and animals such as camels, lizards, and snakes.


Sonoran Desert Life

Sonoran Desert Life

Author: Gerald A. Rosenthal

Publisher: Academic Insights

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780578069081

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This lavishly illustrated and informatively written book offers readers a guide to the Sonoran Desert that will enhance their understanding of the plants and animals that live there.


Desert Life

Desert Life

Author: Rachel Mann

Publisher: Scholastic Incorporated

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13: 9780439355209

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Description of plants, animals, and people of the desert.


Who Lives Here? Wetland Animals

Who Lives Here? Wetland Animals

Author: Deborah Hodge

Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd

Published: 2008-08

Total Pages: 26

ISBN-13: 1554530458

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Hippos, crocodiles and anacondas are just a few of the fascinating animals featured in their watery habitat.