From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall comes the story of a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured...
On the hottestsummer afternoonswhen desert creatureslook for shadeand stay close to the earthand keep their voices lowI sit high on a cactusand flingmy...
A band of men sat huddled in a caveWhere coals of fire glowed warm and red.Boy lay curled on a bed of leavesBut he sat up when an old man said:"This...
You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again.The Desert People know. so do the animals....
Pieces of broken pots are scattered over the desert hillsides of the Southwest. The Indians there treat them with respect -- "Every piece of clay is a...