Endangered Desert Animals (Endangered Animals (Crabtree Hardcover)) [Hardcover]

Dave Taylor (Author), J. David Taylor (Author), Bobbie Kalman (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1992 | Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up | Series: Endangered Animals (Crabtree Hardcover)

Dave Taylor's exciting Endangered Animals Series explains why some species have become extinct and what is being done to protect the animals currently threatened. Divided by habitat, each book features approximately ten animals describing:
-- their behavior
-- how they live
-- how they have adapted to their climate
-- why various habitats are essential to the earth
-- why the destruction of these ecosystems is so disastrous to the wildlife that inhabit them

As desert areas are being swallowed up by resorts, industrial cities, and oil towns, desert animals are losing the vegetation that once fed and sheltered them. Animals include:
-- Bactrian camel
-- dromedary
-- Gila monster
-- scimitar-horned oryx
-- addax
-- Przewalski's horse
-- desert bighorn sheep
-- desert cats

Editorial Reviews

Review

Another excellent book that belongs to the Endangered animal series. It is easy to read, factual, informative. Great for independent study and interest reading -- School Librarians' Book Reviews, May 1993

The attractive layout with an easy-to-read vocabulary level makes these book appealing to a wide audience. The interesting informative text with the accompanying glossary and index adds to the usefulness of these books as school research resources -- CM, Sept. 1993

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

Taken from Chapter 7: The dromedary The dromedary is a single-humped camel. Scientists estimate that there are about 14 million camels wandering the earth, and of those, nine out of every ten are dromedaries! Six out of every ten dromedaries live in Africa. The dromedary has been extinct in the wild for about 2000 years, but we do not think of it as extinct because we see it so often in zoos, circuses, and movies.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company (December 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0865055343
• ISBN-13: 978-0865055346
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,812,244 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dave Taylor has been involved with the Internet since 1980 and is widely recognized as an expert on both technical and business issues. He has been published over a thousand times, launched four Internet-related startup companies, has written twenty business and technical books and holds both an MBA and MS Ed. In addition to being a busy writer and blogger, Dave is also a top-rated speaker, sought after conference and workshop participant and frequent guest on radio and podcast programs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars great conservation information for kids!, February 25, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Endangered Desert Animals (Endangered Animals (Crabtree Paperback)) (Paperback)

I've been reading this with my five year old son and it gives very interesting facts about desert animals. It has more information than the very basic books and not too overwhelming. It also has pages about both types of camels, so if your child likes camels, this is the book for you.