Destination Desert: Biome Explorers

by Laura Perdew, Lex Cornell (Illustrator)

Slather on the sunscreen and get ready to journey to the desert biomes of the world in this nonfiction picture book! In Destination Biome Explorers , kid scientists make the trek to four different types of deserts around the world―a hot and dry desert, a semi-arid desert, a coastal desert, and a cold desert. In each place, explorers discover the adaptations plants and animals such as cacti, shrubs, camels, ibex, and lizards have made to survive in these dry places! Plus, find out what humans can do to keep deserts from taking over too much of the land. Scientifically accurate illustrations, photographs, fascinating facts, and a hands-on activity are all part of the opportunity for deeper learning about biomes. An introductory poem and glossary encourage language arts connections. Perfect as a real aloud or for beginning readers. Destination Biome Explorers is part of a set of five books in the Picture Book Science series that explore the different biomes of Planet Earth. Other titles in this series include Grassland Biome Explorers; Aquatic Biome Explorers ; Footsteps in the Biome Explorers ; Tour the Biome Explorers .

32 pages, Hardcover

Published August 15, 2022

About the author

I am a mom, author, writing consultant, and former middle school teacher. I write fiction and nonfiction for kids, including over 30 books for the education market on a variety of topics including wetland conservation, renewable energy, extinction, and animal adaptations. BIODIVERSITY: EXPLORE THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE ON EARTH (Nomad Press, 2019) earned a starred review from Booklist and is a Junior Library Guild selection. My first fiction picture book is THE FORT (Page Street Kids, 2020). My goal is to inspire the next generation of conservationists through books.

Reviews

[Theediscerning · Rating 4 out of 5]

My fourth visit to this new series of young biology/geology/ecology books took us to the hot biome of the desert. Although, yes, the desert habitat still applies – in very different ways – to Antarctica, classed as one because it's actually so dry. This was a very quick but very appropriate tour of practically all major deserts, which shows me, having said the aquatic one was too Americas-centred. Visually I will never like the two gawping students, standing in cartoonish poses and pointing melodramatically at wildflowers as is their want. Text-wise, I didn't ask for more as it is obvious this is for under-nines, and as an early science book it's suitably friendly and ease-giving. It almost might have lingered in places a bit longer, but this quick lesson shows the same lightness of foot all these books have presented up to now. I do have to point out that so many changes in font style will kill this read for a dyslexic student, but all the same a strong four stars.