Who Needs A Desert: A Desert Ecosystem

(Hardback)

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The Ecosystem Series explores jungle, icebergs, swamps, deserts, prairies and reefs. In Who Needs A Desert Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out how deserts are formed and where in the world they are most often found. Not only this, but readers will discover how plants and animals adapt to the severe environment, what wildlife thrives there, which plants bloom under the blazing sun and how desert plants and animals get energy and food.

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PRAISE FOR Ecosystem Series:

"Patkau introduces readers to the North American Arctic ecosystem efficiently and methodically, discussing habitat, the food chain and seasonal changes, along with the ever-important formation of the iceberg.... Her digitally composed illustrations at times offer informative scenic views, and at times, present readers with more direct scientific information. This, as well as its companion volumes Who Needs a Swamp and Who Needs a Jungle offers a clear, readable introduction for budding naturalists and geographers." - The Toronto Star

"...Patkau offers a series of vibrant scenes ... striking illustrations. The text both interprets the visual content ... and offers paragraphs of diverse facts." - Booklist

Author Bio

Karen Patkau is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children. Creatures Great and Small, which she wrote and illustrated, was a Shining Willow Nominee 2008 and a Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2007 book. The companion book, Creatures Yesterday and Today, was on the Book Sense Summer 2008 Children's Pick List. Both titles were Resource Links Best of the Years selections. The first three books in Karen's Ecosystem Series - Who Needs a Jungle Who Needs a Swamp Who Needs an Iceberg - were published to much critical acclaim. Who Needs a Swamp received a Silver Birch Express 2013 nomination and was a Green Book Festival 2012 Honor Book. Who Needs and Iceberg was a Green Book Festival 2013 Honor Book. Who Needs a Jungle was chosen for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens 2012.