Mojave

Siebert, Diane

ISBN 10: 0690045697 ISBN 13: 9780690045697

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1988

Synopsis

Evokes the land and animals of the Mohave Desert in poetic text and illustrations.

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About the Author

Diane Siebert is the author of Mojave, a 1988 Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice, a 1988 Notable Children’s Trade Book in Social Studies, and a 1989 Teachers Choice, and Heartland , a 1989 Booklist Children’s Editors’ Choice, a 1989 Notable Children’s Trade Book in Social Studies, and a 1990 Notable Children’s Book in the Language Arts. Ms. Siebert lives at Crooked River Ranch, Oregon.

From Publishers Weekly

"I am the desert./ I am free./ Come walk the sweeping face of me," announces the narrator of this boldly painted book about the Mojave desert. Both artist and author detail the varied landscape of the grand Mohave and the creatures that live there. Mustangs, prickly cactus, ghost towns and Joshua trees are pictured within the context of changing seasons that "rearrange the desert's timeworn face with new designs/ Of colors, shadows, shapes, and lines." The paintings combine panoramic vistas with detailed closeups: a violet sky at dusk contrasts with a vast field of golden wildflowers, where a single butterfly is cupped within the petal of an orange blossom. Although the author sometimes strains to maintain the couplet form and the desert's direct narration to the reader, the solemn tone of the poem evokes the majesty of the landscape. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0690045697
• ISBN 13: 9780690045697
• Binding: Library Binding
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32