Death Valley (National Park Explorers)

Gilbert, Sara

ISBN 10: 160818630X ISBN 13: 9781608186303

Publisher: Creative Educ, 2016

Synopsis

"A young explorer's introduction to California and Nevada's Death Valley National Park, covering its desert landscape, plants, animals such as desert tortoises, and activities such as bird-watching"--

About this title

About the Author:

Sara Gilbert has been writing books, magazine articles, and newspaper features since earning a degree in journalism from Minnesota's University of St. Thomas in 1993. She has written children's books about baseball, big machines, businesses, and more. She lives in Mankato, Minnesota, with her husband and their three children.

From School Library Journal:

K-Gr 3—Dramatic photo covers and gorgeous full-page photographs entice even the youngest students to explore the beauty and unique geography of each park. Age-appropriate text is limited to about two to three sentences, augmented by photo captions, per page. Topics include an introduction to the park, its geography and geology, interesting plants and unique animals, and fun activities for visitors. The only minor weakness is an occasional photo that is poorly matched to the text or inadequately captioned, such as the industrial kilns and borax works in Death Valley. These books capture the splendor and majesty of some of our most-visited national parks, and their focus on natural scenes and plants and animals allow them to do double duty as geography and nature books. They are suitable for reading aloud or independent reading. VERDICT For all elementary collections.

About this edition

• Publisher: Creative Educ
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 160818630X
• ISBN 13: 9781608186303
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 22