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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.
3) Desert biome
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Introduces the idea of a biome and describes the four different types of desert biomes--hot and dry, semiarid, coastal, and cold--and the plants and animals that may live there.
6) A desert
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24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
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"Desert ecosystem and the animals that live, eat, and sleep from morning to night"--
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"This title will introduce readers to desert ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known deserts and their unique characteristics."--Publisher's website.
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"This beautiful book gives readers core information about subtropical, polar, coastal, and rain shadow desert biomes. Find out where each kind is found, how animals and plants have adapted to lack of rain, who lives in these deserts, and how humans impact life there."--
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32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 29 cm.
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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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47 pages : color illustrations color map ; 27 cm.
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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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