{"product_id":"who-needs-a-desert-isbn-9781770493865","title":"Who Needs a Desert?","description":"Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   • How deserts are formed \u003cbr\u003e   • Where deserts are found \u003cbr\u003e   • How plants and animals adapt to the severe environment \u003cbr\u003e   • What wildlife thrives there \u003cbr\u003e   • Which plants bloom under the blazing sun \u003cbr\u003e   • How desert plants and animals get energy and food \u003cbr\u003e   • What happens in the rainy seasons \u003cbr\u003e   • Why desert land becomes barren \u003cbr\u003e   • Why we need desertsPRAISE FOR Ecosystem Series:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a Swamp?\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a Jungle?\u003c\/i\u003e offers a clear, readable introduction for budding naturalists and geographers.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"...Patkau offers a series of vibrant scenes ... striking illustrations. The text both interprets the visual content ... and offers paragraphs of diverse facts.\" - \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003eKaren Patkau is the award-winning author and illustrator of many books for children. \u003ci\u003eCreatures Great and Small, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich she wrote and illustrated\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003ewas a Shining Willow Nominee 2008 and a Canadian Children's Book Centre Our Choice 2007 book. The companion book, \u003ci\u003eCreatures Yesterday and Today,\u003c\/i\u003e was on the Book Sense Summer 2008 Children's Pick List. Both titles were\u003ci\u003e Resource Links \u003c\/i\u003eBest of the Years selections. The first three books in Karen's Ecosystem Series - \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a Jungle? Who Needs a Swamp? Who Needs an Iceberg? -\u003c\/i\u003e were published to much critical acclaim. \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a Swamp? \u003c\/i\u003ereceived a Silver Birch Express 2013 nomination and was a Green Book Festival 2012 Honor Book. \u003ci\u003eWho Needs and Iceberg?\u003c\/i\u003e was a Green Book Festival 2013 Honor Book. \u003ci\u003eWho Needs a Jungle? \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen for the Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids \u0026amp; Teens 2012.Ecosystem Series","brand":"Tundra Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301413736677,"sku":"NP9781770493865","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781770493865.jpg?v=1767744183","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/who-needs-a-desert-isbn-9781770493865","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}