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2) Deserts
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"Simple text and supportive images introduce beginning readers to the physical characteristics and geographic locations of deserts"--Provided by publisher.
4) Scorpions
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Simple text and photographs describe scorpions that live in deserts.
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"When thirteen-year-olds T.E. and Audrey meet at a wilderness camp in the desert, they think their quirks are enough to prevent them from ever having friends. But as they trek through the challenging and unforgiving landscape, they learn that they each have what it takes to make the other whole"--
8) Camels
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Simple text and photographs describe camels that live in deserts.
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"Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real -- it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Imazighen"--...
10) Armadillos
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Simple text and photographs describe armadillos that live in deserts.
12) Kangaroos
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Simple text and photographs describe kangaroos that live in deserts.
13) Lizards
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Simple text and photographs describe lizards that live in deserts.
14) Ostriches
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Simple text and photographs describe ostriches that live in deserts.
15) Tumble
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The rhyming text follows a lone tumbleweed in its journey across a desert teeming with life.
17) Life in a desert
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to life in a desert. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
18) Tiger queen
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In the isolated desert kingdom of Achra, sixteen-year-old Princess Kateri flees the palace and trains with the rebel Desert Boys to overthrow the cruel captain of the guard in this retelling of Frank Stockton's short story, "The Lady, or the Tiger?"
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On a cattle drive in the desert on the night before Cowboy Ned's birthday, his horse Andy goes in search of a birthday cake, which he thinks will make Ned's birthday complete. It's Cowboy Ned's birthday! His trusty dapple gray steed, Andy, knows that the best thing to have on your birthday is a birthday cake. While Cowboy Ned sleeps soundly, Andy wanders across the desert in search of a birthday surprise for his friend and along the way discovers...