deserts

Lucky, having met a potential best friend who was visiting her uncle who lives in Hard Pan, California, devises a plan to get the young girl back to the town.

"The Scribble Squad is quick on the draw--drawing art, that is! Best friends Rumpus, Tai, Phil, and Phlox are thrilled for the chance to make their first real mural, but when they fall into the world of their own epic painting, they suddenly have to face down the piranha-pistol-packing Wildhares, cattlefish stampedes, and buzzing battlebees of their own creation. Even if they survive, how will they ever find their way back home?"--Back cover.

Looks at some of the driest places in the world.

Looks at plants, animals, and other features that are unique to a desert habitat, and poses questions designed to help readers determine which are living and which are not.

Miguel and Ramon are sent to Abuelita Rosa in northern Arizona to help her and to learn responsibility after their grades drop; but, when the old woman has to go to the hospital, the boys have to find some way to get back to Miguel's parents in New Mexico.

While in the Australian desert, ant-sized Andrew, his cousin Judy, and Thudd the robot are carried away by a dust-devil and face many dangerous creatures, from a flock of wild parakeets to a Perenti lizard, as they try to make their way back to Uncle Al.

Someone, somewhere knew about that awful night when Alison and six other friends committed an unthinkable crime in the desolate California desert. Now that person is determined to make them pay for it.

Explores the ecology of deserts, featuring photographs, maps, and illustrations, along with information on the plants and animals that are native to desert biomes, and also discusses environmental changes that have impacted these habitats.

Many of the animals that live in the southwestern desert witness the race between slow but steady Tortoise and the quick, overconfident Jackrabbit.