Welcome to the Sea of Sand

Addressing many features, specifically about the Sonora Desert, this book helps the reader better understand what a desert is truly like. Children tend to have a picture in their mind of a deserted, barren, dry area covered in sand, and they let this idea represent the fourteen percent which covers

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the earth. However, after reading they are able to learn this is not the case. The colorful artwork of the life which lives on the land ranges from birds to lush greenery. Another great advantage is that Jane Yolen, the author, wrote this book in the form of a poem, which allows the educator to teach across the curriculum.

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