Endangered Desert Animals
Although the desert is a dry biome, it has a variety of animals. Readers explore both hot and cold deserts, and are introduced to endangered species such as the Sahara Desert's slender-horned gazelle. Also explained, are the subjects of climate change, poaching, and human activities that are affecting the world's deserts. Accessible, informative text illustrates how these threats can be lessened.
* Reviews *
Series Review: Save Earth's Animals!"...These volumes offer useful introductions to the idea of endangered species by introducing either five or six rare animals on every continent...these books are valuable consciousness raisers."
--School LIbrary Journal
Series Review: Save Earth's Animals!
"The texts ... offer good introductory material about why these animals are endangered, critically endangered, or threatened; their habitats; their predators; and other factors contributing to their threatened status. The photos provide large, clear images of the animals described ... Overall, these attractive books offer solid introductory information for reports."
--School Library Journal