Barbara Bash, Author Sierra Club Books for Children $16.45 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-08301-0
When most people think of a typical cactus, they probably think of the saguaro, which can grow to be 50 feet high, weigh up to several tons and live for 200 years. It plays a significant role in desert life: the Gila woodpecker builds its nest in...
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Barbara Bash, Author Sierra Club Books for Children $6.7 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-08307-2
These giant denizens of the Sonoran desert--and the multitudinous life forms they sustain or affect--are depicted in vivid text and paintings. Ages 6-10. (Apr.)
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Barbara Bash, Author Sierra Club Books $14.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-08305-8
According to African legend, each animal was given a tree to plant by the Great Spirit. When the hyena was assigned the baobab tree, the careless animal planted it upside down--``and that is why its branches look like gnarled roots.'' With this...
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Barbara Bash, Author Sierra Club Books for Children $15.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-08306-5
Under bridges, in chimneys and on window ledges--these are just a few of the many places urban birds find shelter from wind and cold for their young. In this informative book, readers are introduced to the birds that live in our cities and to their...
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Barbara Bash, Author, Club Books Sierra, Author Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $7.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-08312-6
Finches, barn owls--and the ubquitous pigeon--are among the many species vividly portrayed in words and pictures in this handsome avian exploration. Ages 6-10. (Sept.)
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Barbara Bash, Author, Barbara Bash, Illustrator Gibbs M Smith $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-0-87156-561-7
Bash adds to her Tree Tales series with a remarkable exploration of the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest. Scientific information is presented in simple, poetic language that suggests the sounds and sights of the forest (``Bark beetles...
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