About Habitats: Deserts
From the Sills' About Habitats series, this handsome book introduces deserts. On each right-hand page is a large painting illustrating plants, animals, or both in a specific desert landscape. Some of the paintings focus on particular plants or animals, while others show broad landscapes, but all are well composed, delicately colored, and sensitively lit. Each left-hand page identifies the locale and featured flora or fauna on the right and carries a brief line of text commenting on deserts, their characteristics, and their inhabitants. Facing the title page, a helpful map shows the locations of major deserts around the world and indicates those referred to in the book. The afterword repeats each of the 17 color plates in miniature, accompanied by a paragraph of related information. A glossary and short lists of books and Web sites are appended. Accessible to very young children as well as older students, this is an appealing introduction to the subject.Carolyn PhelanCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.