Bibliography, Grades 4-6
- Arnold, Caroline; Watching Desert Wildlife, Carolrhoda Pub., 1994, 48 pages. The desert environment is explained and its wildlife introduced in text and excellent photographs.
- DuBosque, Doug; Draw Desert Animals, Pub. Paper, 1996, 64 pages. Begins with circles and squares to teach the reader to draw desert animals.
- George, Jean Craighead; One Day in the Desert, Harper Collins, 1983, 48 pages. Tells about a day in the desert with both record heat and torrential rain.
- Goodhart, Barbara; A Year on the Desert, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1969, 55 pages.
- Green, Christopher, Deserts, Salem House Pub., 1983, 128 pages. Tells about the different ways in which plants, animals and people adapt to the difficult conditions encountered in deserts.
- Jablonsky, Alice; 101 Questions About Desert Life, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, 1994, 32 pages. Answers questions about desert environment, insects, birds and animals.
- Jenkins, Martin; Deserts, Lerner Pub., 1996, 48 pages. Combines geography and sociology of deserts and the survival of its inhabitants.
- Johnson, Annabel; I am Leaper, Scholastic, 1990, fiction, 106 pages. Mystery story about a Kangaroo Rat. Many details on desert life.
- Low, Robert; Peoples of the Desert, Rosen Pub. Group Inc., New York, NY, 1996, 24 pages. Two nomadic tribes, one from the Sahara and the other from the Kalahari, are featured in this discussion of human life in a desert environment.
- Lye, Keith; Deserts; Silver Burdett 1987, 48 pages. A well-illustrated survey that describes the locations, climate, evolution of, and plant and animal life in the world’s deserts.
- McLeish, Ewan; The Spread of Deserts, Raintree Steck-Vaughn Pub., 1996, 48 pages. Explains how deserts are formed, where the principal ones are found, and how to prevent their spread.
- Munch, Theodore W. and M. Vere Devault; The Road Runner, The Steck Co. Pub., Austin TX, 1958, 30 pages. An older book with interesting facts about desert animals, birds and plants.
- Olin, George; House in the Sun; A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert, Southwest Parks and Monuments Association, Tucson, AZ, 1994, 234 pages. Written for young readers, the author describes the ecology of the Sonoran Desert.
- Pond, Alanzo William; Survival in Sun and Sand, Norton Pub., New York, NY, 1969, 180 pages. Concise and comprehensive. Excellent for schools.
- Ricciuti, Edward R. Desert, Marshall Cavendish Corp. Tarrytown, NY, 1996, 64 pages. Deserts of the world are identified and described, with coverage on their plant and animal life.
- Rinard, Judith E.; Wonders of the Desert World, National Geographic Society, 1978. Illustrated with many photographs of desert life.
- Savage, Stephen; Animals of the Desert, Raintree Steck Vaughn Pub., 1997, 32 pages. Discusses the world's deserts and how they differ. Introduces five basic animal groups found in deserts.
- Silver, Donald M. Cactus Desert, McGraw-Hill Co., 1997, 48 pages. Using a 24-inch square for observation, the life found in a desert is explored in this heavily illustrated account.
- Simon, Seymour; Deserts, Morrow Pub., 1990, 32 pages. Remarkable photos, mainly of North American deserts. Includes the Great Basin, Mojave and Sonoran deserts.
- Spencer, Guy J.; A Living Desert, Troll Communications, 1988, 32 pages. An adventure in Arizona’s Sonoran Desert.
- Steele, Philip; Deserts, Lerner Pub. Group, Minneapolis, MN, 1996, 32 pages. This introduction to deserts and the life found in them discusses such topics as the differences between hot and cold deserts, their landscape features and how they are still being created.
- Stephen, Richard; Deserts, Troll Associates, 1990, 32 pages. One of a series of "Our Planet" books with good information and photographs.
- Stewart, Gail B. In the Desert, Rourke, 1989, 32 pages. Explores the hardships faced by people who live in a desert environment.
- Taylor, Barbara; Desert Life, D.K.Pub. New York, NY, 1992, 32 pages. Clear photos highlight the inhabitants of the desert.
- Wallace, Marianne D.; America’s deserts: Guide to Plants and Animals, Fulcrum Pub., 1996, 48 pages. After a general discussion of the flora and fauna of deserts, this account focuses on specific deserts, like Mojave and Death Valley.
- Wright-Frierson, Virginia; A Desert Scrapbook: Dawn to Dusk in the Sonoran Desert, Simon and Schuster, 1996, 32 pages. A day in the life of the Sonoran Desert is described in words and watercolors painted by the author.
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