Pell Elementary School Library: Deserts

, Virginia Wright-Frierson takes readers on an artist's tour through the Sonoran Desert in A Desert Scrapbook. The illustrations, magnificently composed to create the look and feel of a scrapbook, present intricate and fascinating portraits of a distinctive ecosystems.

A story about the mighty saguaro cactus.

Vividly colored photographs bring readers face to face with animals and plants, while realistic line drawings create the sense of a nature hike in progress. Supports the national science education standards