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One Day in the Desert

One Day in the Desert


by Jean Craighead George

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Craighead's slim chapter book, geared for ages 7-9, dramatizes how a mountain lion, roadrunner, coyote, tortoise -- and the people of the Southwest -- cope with a blisteringly hot July day in the Sonoran desert. (USW611, $4.99)

One Day in the Prairie

One Day in the Prairie


by Jean Craighead George

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Henry Rush -- and the many creatures of Oklahoma's Prairie Wildlife -- seek cover from a tornado in this dramatic tale for ages 7-9. (USM141, $4.99)

One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest

One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest


by Jean Craighead George

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 66 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

The Newbery Medal-winning author of "Julie of the Wolves" goes south for this brief and gripping tale of conservation, nature and the people of the Amazon. Geared for ages 7-9. (FST08, $4.99)

One Day in the Woods

One Day in the Woods


by Jean Craighead George

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Rebecca discovers many things about plant and animal life when she spends the day in Teatown Woods in the Hudson Highlands of New York looking for the ovenbird in this chapter book for ages 7-9. (NYS97, $4.99)

 

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