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Desert Animals showcases animals found in a desert environment, including animals like camels and chameleons. Uses the Whole Language approach to literacy, combining sight words and repetition. Simple text makes reading these books easy and fun. Bold, colorful photographs that align directly with the text help readers with comprehension. Phonetics Teaching guides Books in the Where Animals Live series cover animals found in a variety of environments....
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
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Full-page photographs pair with factual information to create a fun and approachable introduction to familiar animals in a specific climate. Including useful iconography, a glossary, and an index, Safari Sam's Wild Animals series is ideal for young readers interested in animal science.
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Discover the identities of four featured desert animals! Leveled text will introduce the desert and explore how each animal has adapted to life in the desert heat. Young readers will enjoy guessing each animal from their stand-out characteristics. Sneak peek images serve as clues, while crisp, colorful photos of each animal are used for the big reveal! Special features support and enhance the text by offering more detailed animal facts, maps, and...
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The scorching desert is a brutal place to live, but lots of fascinating animals call this super-hot habitat home. What creatures are scuttling across the sand, snoozing in the shade of a cactus, or soaring overhead? Young artists and animal lovers will find out in this engaging guide. They'll learn how to draw realistic desert creatures in awesome action poses. Simple step-by-step instructions with accompanying illustrations make each project accessible....
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Readers will learn the Japanese art of origami, or paper folding, to create exotic creatures from the arid desert. Each project begins with a description and some fun facts about the animal depicted as well as vocabulary associated with it. Clear illustrations that show each step are accompanied by easy-to-follow instructions for creating camels, foxes, scorpions, and more.
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Earth's four desert biomes – hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold – each have their own set of challenges for the living things within them. In this book, readers in grades 3-5 will discover how desert animals survive and thrive in the driest places on the planet. Photos, text, and sidebars describe how these animals adapt to the challenging climate of these regions. This NGSS-aligned series is packed with interesting facts and vivid photos that introduce...
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Although the desert is a dry biome, it has a variety of animals. Readers explore both hot and cold deserts, and are introduced to endangered species such as the Sahara Desert's slender-horned gazelle. Also explained, are the subjects of climate change, poaching, and human activities that are affecting the world's deserts. Accessible, informative text illustrates how these threats can be lessened.
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These six desert animals can be created with origami, including a critter that slithers over the ground and one that soars in the sky! The book features step-by-step instructions, accompanying illustrations, and manageable difficulty levels, helping readers build problem-solving skills and their imaginations. A real vulture or snake may be intimidating, but readers can develop their appreciation for and knowledge of wildlife by safely creating these...
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The dry, dry desert has some fascinating animals-camels, foxes, scorpions, and more! In this detailed book, young crafters will learn how to use the art of origami, or paper folding, to create paper versions of some of these intriguing desert creatures. Projects are accompanied by fascinating facts about the animal in question. Clear illustrations show each step, with manageable instructions, so readers can create amazing animal art.
15) Fennec fox
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24 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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Learn about a day and a night in the life of a fennec fox.
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Is there life in the desert? There sure is! This educational book will teach your child about the animals and plants that survive the harsh desert environment. It's a great book to have because it's not all texts; rather, there's even more pictures. And pictures are universal forms of learning that make education fun and memorable. Make sure to buy a copy now!
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
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A child sees a saguaro cactus by day but there are no animals until after he leaves, when various creatures come out to play and prey. Also includes "field notes" which provide more facts about desert animals.
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