desert plants

Describes life in the Sonoran Desert and examines plants and animals through the seasons.

Explores innovation in the preservation of vaccines by using a sugar called trehalose manufactured by a desert plant, to preserve vaccines and human blood platelets.

Describes the various animals, plants, and geological formations found in five North American deserts.

Deserts and some of their inhabitants, including saguaro cacti, Gila monsters, and fennec foxes are described in simple, clear language. The book's design is crisp and clean, with attractive, full-page color photographs of various desert landscapes and animals. Threats to desert habitats are discussed, including mining and climate change.

Introduces the numbers one through twenty in rhymed text and illustrations describing various plants and animals of the desert.

Describes how desert plants adapt to their environment with its extreme temperatures, occasional downpour, almost constant drought, unrelenting sun, and shifting sands.

Introduces the numbers one through twenty in rhymed text and illustrations describing various plants and animals of the desert.

Illustrated verses present plants and animals of the desert from A to Z.

The author/artist describes many of the animals and plants and their surroundings that she has sketched in the Sonoran Desert.