Across the Desert

Learning is so much fun when put to rhythm and rhyme!

Across the Desert (one book in the Animals in Natural Habitats series) is a perfect non-fiction picture book for young children. The sing song-y rhyme makes it playful, yet educational. Rhyme, context clues and preposition (position word) clues lead children to infer animals they might find in the desert; making this a fun and interactive reading.

For example:

Across the Desert
barking at some birds
I spy a …
Who really wants to be heard

(Can you guess what might be barking at some birds?)

I
magine walking through the desert and happening upon a camel, dingo, Gila monster, baboon, ostrich, eagle or scorpion.
What else might you find?

This book and other books in this series are perfect for:

• parents and grandparents
• nature lovers
• early childhood educators who teach pre K science units
• Early readers
• any child who loves picture books, animals and loves to be read to.

Here’s what you’ll find in each book in this series:

• rhyme
• repetitive text
• colorful illustrations
• prepositional words bolded in contrasting color
• opportunity to be interactive by using clues and prior knowledge to guess or infer animals they may find.
• a final “I spy” page where children can discover other animals found in that habitat.