Living in a Desert

✍ Scribed by Pam Holden

Publisher: Flying Start Books
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Leaves: 16
Series: Fluency Level 1 Non-Fiction Set B
Edition: ♫ Read-Along ebook. ♫
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

There are deserts in many parts of the world. Most deserts are huge, dry places where only a few special plants grow. The weather can change quickly from very hot to very cold. People who visit deserts or live there have to be very careful to survive.

✦ Subjects

Juvenile Nonfiction / People & Places; Juvenile Nonfiction / Readers / Chapter Books

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