Here Is the Southwestern Desert Book

Despite its stark landscape and harsh climate, the Sonoran Desert teems with life. Hare, hawks, lizards, bobcats, badgers, coyote — all live among the desert's fragrant mesquite and spiny cactus, and none can exist without the others. Madeleine Dunphy's poetic text explores all the warm and native elements that make the American Southwest such a mystical place, while Anne Coe's stunning paintings portray the desert's plants and animals as well as the dazzling colors reflected in the rocks and skies of the Sonoran Desert.

The Sonora Desert is the setting for the third book in the successful series that began with Here is the Arctic Winter and Here is the Tropical Rain Forest. Once again, the author takes the reader on a fascinating exploration via a cumulative poem that highlights one habitat's chain of life. Full color.