On the hottest summer afternoons when desert creatures look for shade and stay close to the earth and keep their voices low I sit high on a cactus and fling my loud ringing trill out to the sun... So sings the Cactus Wren, one of the ten desert creatures that speaks for itself...
On the hottest
summer afternoons
when desert creatures
look for shade
and stay close to the earth
and keep their voices low
I sit high on a cactus
and fling
my loud ringing trill
out to the sun...
So sings the Cactus Wren, one of the ten...
Ten desert creatures speak for themselves in this title, written in lyrical verses, to convey a message of spirit and courage. Includes colorful illustrations and author and illustrator profiles.
Ten desert creatures speak for themselves, and as they tell what it's like to be a jackrabbit, a tortoise, a buzzard, or a rattlesnake, they make it clear that the desert is their home, the only home they'd ever want.
Ten desert creatures speak for themselves in this title, written in lyrical verses, to convey a message of spirit and courage. Includes colorful illustrations and author and illustrator profiles.