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Mojave
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Diane Siebert |
Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illustrations. |
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One Day in the Desert
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Jean Craighead George |
Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and sur… |
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Walkabout
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Gillian Porter Ladousse,James Vance Marshall,Jim Alderson |
Mary and her young brother Peter are the only survivors of an aircrash in the middle of the Australian desert. Facing death from exhaustion and starvation, they meet an aboriginal boy who helps them … |
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Friendly differences
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Mona Gansberg Hodgson |
Bert the roadrunner and Taylor the tortoise come to the conclusion that, despite their differences, God had a reason for making them the way they are, and they can be still be friends. Includes a Bib… |
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Tía María's garden
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Ann Nolan Clark,Ezra Jack Keats |
"Tia Maria's Garden" is about a child's visit to his aunt's. The reader quickly discovers that Tia Maria's garden is the Sonoran Desert, which lies just beyond the home. Walking around, the youngster… |
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Ali, child of the desert
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Jonathan London |
On a trip to the Moroccan market town of Rissani, Ali becomes separated from his father during a sandstorm. |
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A holiday romance
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Carrie Alexander |
A summer holiday in the desert - what had she been thinking? Extreme heat? Scorpions? Senior citizens? Check.
This home-swap vacation had seemed like such a great idea at the time.. Huh. Yet Alice… |
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Can you survive the desert?
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Matt Doeden,Timothy J. Griffin |
"Describes the fight for survival while exploring the Sahara, Sonora, and Gobi Deserts"--Provided by publisher. |
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24 hours in the desert
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Virginia Schomp |
"Take a look at what takes place within a 24-hour period in a desert. Learn firsthand about the features, plant life, and animals of the habitat"--Provided by publisher. |
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Shamal's secret
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Felicity Brown |
Amber is kind to a horse named Shamal who communicates with her with mind pictures, magically protects her from starvation and attack by the lupine and the Desiree, and sets straight falsehoods about… |
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Planet Earth
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Mark Brownlow,Alastair Fothergill,Jonny Keeling |
With a production budget of $25 million, the makers of Blue Planet: Seas of Life crafted this epic story of life on Earth. Five years in production, with over 2, 000 days in the field, using 40 camer… |
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Guardians of the desert
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Leona Wisoker |
"The second of an epic fantasy series with a desert setting, about the relationship between humanity and an ancient, mysterious race"--Provided by publisher. |
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Marrying the scarred sheikh
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Barbara McMahon |
"Khalid al Harum was Quishari's beloved playboy, balancing public duty with his daredevil streak by fighting fires. Until an uncontrollable blaze disfigured his chiselled features. Now Khalid seeks t… |
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Luciana
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Erin Teagan |
In her third story, Luciana and her family are headed to Chile for winter break. Luci can't wait to see her cousins - but the reunion doesn't go as planned, and Luci feels like an outsider in her own… |
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How the camel got its hump
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Christianne C. Jones |
When hard-working animals complain to "the magic desert watcher" about camel's laziness, the watcher agrees to make things more fair. |
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It could still be a desert
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Allan Fowler |
Describes the characteristics of deserts, the animals and plants that live in them, and their constantly changing nature. |
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Beautiful children
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Charles Bock |
One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn't come home. In the aftermath of his disappearance, his mother, Lorraine, makes daily pilgrimages to her… |
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Twelve kings in Sharakhai
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Bradley P. Beaulieu |
Sharakhai, the great city of the desert, center of commerce and culture, has been ruled from time immemorial by twelve kings--cruel, ruthless, powerful, and immortal. With their army of Silver Spears… |
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Survival! Desert
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William B. Rice |
You are lost in the desert and low on water. The temperature is rising and no one else is around. What do you do? How do you survive? Read this book to discover the skills you will need to survive in… |
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Deserts around the world
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Jen Green |
A colourful introduction to some of the deserts of the world. Shows how they are formed and it also explores the physical and human activities that affect them. Case studies include why the Sahara is… |
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