| The Desert Alphabet Book Contributor(s): Pallotta, Jerry (Author), Astrella, Mark (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0881064726 ISBN-13: 9780881064728 Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing OUR PRICE: $7.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 1994 Annotation: An alphabetic array of plants, animals, and phenomena found in the parched, mysterious deserts of the world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Alphabet - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Environmental Science & Ecosystems - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Zoology |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 93042651 |
| Lexile Measure: 680 |
| Series: Jerry Pallotta's Alphabet Books |
| Physical Information: 0.13" H x 9.78" W x 7.96" (0.28 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 59749 Reading Level: 4.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The parched, mysterious deserts of the world are the landscapes for this alphabet array of plants, animals, and phenomena. Meet the colorful Crimson Chat, the deadly Inland Taipan, and the cartwheeling Golden Wheel Spider. Look beneath and beyond the sand for familiar, unfamiliar, and comical desert dwellers. Author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Mark Astrella invite readers to one of nature's most forbidding environments. And if you feel thirsty after reading about some of the driest places on earth, don't worry. There's a Water-holding frog |