Here Is the Southwestern Desert (Web of Life)

Cactus Hotel "Here is the Southwestern Desert" is a great read-aloud to go with any theme unit on the Sonoran Desert. I liked it because it was a nice contrast with the straight reporting text of the Pathways main theme book "Cactus Hotel". "Here is the Southwestern Desert" is so poetic, yet it delivers realistic art and nonfiction facts on the sonoran desert habitat. My class LOVED the book!

This will be an excellent addition to my various aged classroom library. My students always love to hear new read-alouds.

very instructive.

My students have enjoyed acting out the book, and they remember what plants and animals live there because of their participation.

I just loved Here is the Southwestern Desert, but what's more important is that my twenty-one month old daughter can't get enough of it. We read it to her at least once a day, because if we don't she protests quite audibly. The story is simple and insightful, and the art is just amazing. There are so many things that she picks out of each painting. She loves the animals and flowers. All the desert flora and fauna in the book are represented in a way that she can truly enjoy.