A Guide to Southern Arizona Bird Nests & Eggs
Kindergarten-Grade 4-Prickly Pete is an anthropomorphic packrat that helps  readers explore the desert, determining which pieces of  information are true. A question about a plant or animal at the  bottom of each spread invites a fact-or-fallacy response. Are  javelinas wild desert pigs? Do stink bugs stink? Can a dead  rattlesnake bite? After turning the page, readers learn the  answer and a little information about the topic. The final  spread gives the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum's Web site and  encourages readers to visit it to learn more about the 11  featured plants and animals. The site displays illustrations  from the book as well as links to provide a plethora of  information on each subject. The conversational text, in concert  with its brightly colored, full-page illustrations, will capture  the attention of readers with its playful blend of information  and silliness and, along the way, dispel fallacies about the  desert.Helen Foster James, University of California at San DiegoCopyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.