Title:
Desert biomes / Louise and Richard Spilsbury.
ISBN:
9780778739920
9780778740056
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
St. Catharines, ON ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2018.
©2017
Physical Description:
32 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm.
General Note:
First published in 2017 by Wayland.
Contents:
What is a desert biome? -- Where are deserts? -- Desert plants -- Subtropical desert life -- Coastal desert life -- Semi-arid desert life -- Polar desert life -- Born survivors -- Desert food chains -- People in the desert -- Desert resources -- Desert threats -- Desert futures.
Summary:
"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."-- Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Added Author:
Interest age level:
Ages 8-11.
Interest grade level:
Grades 4 to 6.
Audience:
1060L Lexile
Series Title:
Series Sequence:
OCLC Number:
on1007563383
Availability:
Lakeville - Heritage~1
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
Eagan - Wescott~1
Farmington~1
