desert animals

A simple introduction to the variety of animals living in the desert, including the scorpion, kangaroo rat, woodpecker, and rattlesnake.

Children will love the up-close photos of baby animals that live in deserts: jackrabbits, coyotes, foxes, tortoises, owls, scorpions, lizards, rattlesnakes, and more. Readers will discover how baby animals find food, keep cool in the scorching heat, and stay alive in the desert.

Peck, having made seed pancakes for his friends to enjoy, is disappointed when they each bring something different to his breakfast, but he soon realizes that God has made them all unique and being together is what matters most.

Curious about the true nature of the moon, Armadillo Ray asks different animals for their opinion.

Provides vital statistics, facts, descriptions, and photographs of dangerous animals that live in desert habitats, including scorpions, gila monsters, meerkats, ghost bats, desert horned vipers, and others.

Photographs and text describe how desert animals survive in the harsh, dry climate; and features camels, roadrunners, jerboas, thorny devils, and more.

Explains how the plants and animals of a desert form a food web in which energy is distributed throughout the entire environment.

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.

As J?honaa'??, the sun, slowly rises, its gentle light and warmth wake the inhabitants of the desert, including a burrow of rabbits, a sleepy coyote, and, perhaps, a family living in a hogan. Presented in Navajo and English.

A packrat, carrying fruit from the giant saguaro, is chased by various desert animals and inadvertently helps spread the cactus's seed. Includes information on saguaros.