Deserts Book

This 30 page informational book is fantastic. I don't know why anybody would rate it less than 5 stars. This book describes exactly what a desert is and where they are found (it has a map of the U.S., Mexico and shows where other deserts are found around the world). I didn't know that every continent had a desert except for Europe! I also learned why most deserts are cool at night-it's because there is no cloud cover to hold the heat. I also didn't know that the Sahara desert is about the size of the entire United States!! This book has taught me many things that I didn't know and I'm an adult!!
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Most American kids have never been to a desert. This book has so much information in it that I would chop it into parts. Kids would study the physical appearance of the desert, then learn about the plants, then the animals, then the people. A class could write about one characteristic of the desert that they found interesting and perhaps write a short story about what they would do if they spent one day or night in the desert.