Illustrated by Aristides Ruiz & Joe Mathieu
The Cat In the Hat's Learning Library, Random House, 2011
HC $8.99
45 pages
Rating: 3
Endpapers: orange
Not as good as trees or butterflies (the two I've read previously), but informative and fun. My two problems with it stand out strongly, though. Some of the rhythm seems off, some of the rhyming seems forced. And although it mentions and describes deserts - the Sonoran, the Namib, the Sahara, the Mojave, Antarctica, it jumps around giving facts. Some kids might think camels and kangaroos live in the Sonoran Desert! It never tells where anything's located. A map of the world showing these deserts' locations would be a great addition.
The glossary includes abdomen, burmoose, burrow, cell, differ,geologist, glare, habitat, mirage, nocturnal, oasis, and shimmering.
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