This Place Is Dry: Arizona's Sonoran Desert
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Picture Book · Ages 7–10 · Est. 25 min read-aloud

This Place Is Dry: Arizona's Sonoran Desert

Written by Vicki Cobb · Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee

Part of the Imagine Living Here series

How do people and animals survive in one of the hottest, driest places?

32 pages· 3,241 words· Est. 25 min read-aloud· 900L· AR 5.6 · 1 AR pts
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Bookroo's summary

Imagine living in Arizona's Sonoran Desert. This book shows how people, plants and unusual animals cope with heat and little rain, and describes the building of Hoover Dam to bring water to the dry land.

From the publisher

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
32
Words
3,241
Reading age
7–10
Audience
Juvenile Reader
Lexile
900L
AR book level
5.6
AR points
1
AR quiz
70178
Themes & topics
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Book details

Reading levels
F&P level
~V
AR interest level
LG
Publication
Published
April 1, 1993
Publisher
Walker Children's
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780802774002
LCCN
88025920
OCLC
18442184

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