Sonoran Desert
Written by Dr. Wayne Lynch
Northword Books For Young Readers, 2009
The Sonoran Desert covers parts of Mexico, California and Arizona. It contains more kinds of cactuses, spiders, scorpions, lizards, snakes and wildflowers than any other desert in North America. In this book, Dr. Wayne Lynch introduces readers to this mysterious and beautiful ecosystem. His kid-friendly writing style and stories of his personal adventures bring the Sonoran to life. Among the many stories, he shares the heroic way in which he came to the rescue of a tortoise who found himself upside down on his shell in 115 degree heat. He also shares his close call with a Styrofoam cooler full of rattlesnakes.
The desert photographs are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen. We see a close-up of the stinger of a scorpion’s tail, a honey pot ant whose body is swollen with golden nectar and the long sharp teeth of the javelina (a distant relative of the barnyard pig).
I highly recommend this title for classroom use. I have not seen a better book for the study of the Sonoran Desert ecosystem.
Dr. Wayne Lynch, author of Sonoron Desert, was once an emergency room doctor. Now he is one of Canada's most popular freelance science writers and photographers. During the last 27 years, his research has taken him to more than 60 countries, often working with his wife, Aubrey Lang. Some of his animal subjects include penguins, polar bears, owls, bears and a various birds. He has explored many wilderness areas of the world- rain forests, deserts, mountains, and the African plains. He has written and photographed dozens of books for children, but one of his best sellers was Scoop for Poop, written in 2001.
This book was reviewed by Kim Hutmacher. The bio was written by Laura Crawford.
This book is part of the Nonfiction Monday Round-Up posted at Picture Book of the Day.
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