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3) Cactus hotel
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Description
Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
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English
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"Peel back the corners of the desert to discover the incredible organisms that survive in this ecosystem, from scorpions and cacti to musk oxen and seals. Find out how deserts work as a system, carving out an existence in one of the most extreme biomes on Earth. Learn, too, how deserts are found all around the world and what you can do to help protect these amazing wildernesses."--Amazon.com.
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325 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"A book about the literal and figurative end of time and what that means for us as conscious beings, Desert Notebooks looks at how both the unprecedented pace of destruction to our environment and our increasingly unstable global socio-political institutions have led to an existential crisis orders of magnitude greater than any humankind has confronted before. As inhabitants of the Anthropocene what might some of our own histories tell us about how...
8) Desert
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46 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
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English
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Introduces the plants, animals, and peoples that live in deserts and describes what kind of adaptations they have have developed to live in such a spare environment.
9) A desert
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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English
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"Desert ecosystem and the animals that live, eat, and sleep from morning to night"--
11) Surveyor
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250 pages ; 21 cm
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English
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A friendship between two men ends when the outside world intrudes. The two are wartime buddies who lead a reclusive life in the New Mexico desert, exploring an underground river. The beginning of the end comes with the arrival of archeologists and a woman. A first novel.
12) Desert animals
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48 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm.
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English
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Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of various animals that live in the desert biome.
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Reading rainbow volume 62
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1 videodisc (30 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The featured book explores the ecosystem of the giant Saguaro cactus.
The life and seasons of the desert are explored with an introduction to a variety of the desert's inhabitants.
15) The night flower
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm
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English
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"As the summer sun sets over the desert, creatures gather for a very special event. The saguaro cactus is about to bloom. Join pollinating fruit bats, howling mice, and other animals on their journey to visit the flower in this beautiful nature-inspired story."--p. [4] of cover.
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34 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 28 cm.
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English
Description
When her family moves to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona, Megan keeps a nature journal in which she describes the desert, the changes that occur throughout the seasons, and how these affect the plant and animal inhabitants.
18) Desert wetlands
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xi, 148 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 x 32 cm
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English
19) Cactus desert
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Series
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48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the plants and animals that thrive in a desert, including saguaros, scorpions, and yuccas.
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Series
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47 pages : color illustrations color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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"Tour 6 North American deserts in 24 hours from day break in the Mojave Desert through midnight in the Great Basin while learning about why these deserts are in danger and how to save them"--
"Tour 6 North American deserts in 24 hours from day break in the Mojave Desert through midnight in the Great Basin. This meticulously illustrated picture book takes readers on a cross-continental tour in 24 hours, visiting 6 different deserts at different hours...
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