Desert Discoveries - Softcover

Wadsworth, Ginger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0881068179 ISBN 13: 9780881068177

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 1997

Synopsis

You may think the desert is dry, big, and empty. Spend twenty-four hours tracking a variety of desert dwellers and you will discover that the desert is full of life and activity.

About this title

About the Author:

Ginger Wadsworth is a native Californian. She received her B.A. in English from the University of California at Davis with a minor in American history. She has taken additional courses in early childhood education, children's literature, and creative writing. She has also studied outdoor education including general ecology, ornithology, and wildflowers.

Ginger taught part-time at an elementary level. She designed a nature program for her students and taught outdoor education classes. She is an environmentalist and a member of the Audubon Society, the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy Group, and several other conservation organizations.

Ginger has written many children's books, both fiction and non-fiction. She has a talent for presenting issues concerning the natural world to children. Some of her titles include, One On A Web, Desert Discoveries, One Tiger Growls, River Discoveries, John Burroughs, Sage of Slabsides (Clarion Books), Laura Ingalls Wilder, Storyteller of the Prairie (Lerner Publications), Rachel Carson, Voice for the Earth (Lerner Publications), and John Muir, Wilderness Protector (Lerner Publications).

Ginger lives in California with her husband has two grown sons. She enjoys gardening with native California plants, hiking, camping, bird watching, photography, traveling and reading. She comes from a family of writers and naturalists.

Visit Ginger online at www.gingerwadsworth.com.

About this edition

• Publisher: Charlesbridge
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0881068179
• ISBN 13: 9780881068177
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32