Habitat Survival Deserts

Author: Melanie Waldron Series: Raintree Perspectives: Habitat Survival

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This book depicts desert environments and how they interact with the animals that live in them.

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Summary

This book depicts desert environments and how they interact with the animals that live in them.

Description

This book explores desert habitats around the world, looking at the plants and animals that live there, and the adaptations that help them to survive. Food webs, maps, and photos help bring the topic to life. Threats to desert habitats are also covered, as well as efforts to preserve them.

Critic Reviews

“These overviews provide basic information. Food-web diagrams reveal relationships among plants and animals within the habitats. However, the clear, color photographs do not always best represent the text and sometimes additional diagrams or images would be helpful. For example, a spread on "Arctic Food Webs" in Polar, unlike the entry for "Antarctic Food Webs," has no diagram. More attention to detail, especially in selecting and labeling photos, would have lifted these books above the ordinary. In Grasslands, it's odd that the author does not include where Gouldian finches eat grass seed after a fire. And in Mountains, why not mention the country with terraced agriculture? After discussing threats to the habitat, the authors suggest ways to help. Among them are to adopt an animal (only Polar gives a specific resource), "Join a conservation group," and "Be energy wise." Overall, these are acceptable starting points for reports. --Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato School Library Journal, "Series Made Simple" 11/1/2012”

-- "School Library Journal"

About the Author

Melanie Waldron worked in children's publishing for many years before becoming a full-time author. She has written many non-fiction books for young people and specializes in science and geography topics.