Here Is the Southwestern Desert
- ISBN-10
- 0977379566
- ISBN-13
- 9780977379569
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 32
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-11-07
- Publisher
- Web of Life Children's Book
- Authors
- Madeleine Dunphy, Anne Coe
Description
Examines the animals and plants of the Sonoran Desert, inhabited by hawks, lizards, and jackrabbits and their relationship with one another and their environment.
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