Desert Life of the Southwest Activity Book

by Karen Krebbs, Phil Juliano (Illustrator)

Overview

Discover the Amazing Animals and Plants of the Desert!

Children often imagine the desert as a barren, lifeless place—but the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts are brimming with plant and animal life. Learn about the wonders of this amazing habitat and how animals survive there in an interactive introduction by Karen Krebbs that’s sure to occupy kids for countless hours. Through coloring pages by Phil Juliano, word finds, mazes, and more, young nature lovers will discover fascinating facts about everything from scorpions and javelinas to sagebrush and cacti. Your children will never view deserts the same way again!

Inside You’ll Find

• Coloring pages featuring iconic desert life: Gila monsters, rattlesnakes, and more
• Entertaining activities for children of all ages
• Engaging information about the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts
• Color-by-number, dot-to-dots, secret codes, and more!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781591936558
Publisher:	Adventure Publications, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/28/2017
Series:	Color and Learn Series
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

Karen Krebbs has extensive knowledge of birds, mammals, deserts, and animal adaptations and behaviors. She worked at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for more than 26 years. She is an author, researcher, advisor, and even trains government employees about bats. She lives in Tuscon, AZ. Phil Juliano is a syndicated cartoonist and professional humorous illustrator. His freelance work includes children's book illustration, magazine illustration, comic books, activity books, and t-shirt design. His cartoons are published in newspapers and magazines around the world. He lives in Chanhassen, Minnesota.

Read an Excerpt

Where Are the Deserts?

There are four deserts in North America, and all of them are found in the US. They are the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Sonoran and Mojave. The deserts might get rain or snow at certain times of the year. But this moisture evaporates quickly, keeping the deserts dry.

Which desert is closest to where you live? Draw a line from your home to it. How many states did you cross?

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Mountain Lion

Mountain Lions are large cats with yellow or light-brown fur. The back legs are longer than the front legs. This helps the cats to jump 20 to 25 feet and run as fast as 40 miles per hour. Mountain Lions prefer to hunt for deer but will also eat other animals. Lions can be seen both day and night in the desert but are very shy.

A cat of many names: puma, cougar, lion, catamount and panther are also names for Mountain Lions!

Table of Contents

Welcome to the Desert

ABCs of Desert Life

Coloring and Activity Pages

Answers

About the Author

About the Illustrator