Hoot and Howl across the Desert (Extreme Environments)

Life in the world's driest deserts

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A journey to fifteen of the harshest environments on Earth, where only the toughest creatures survive

Readers are invited to travel across some of world’s driest landscapes and discover the remarkable animals and plants that survive in desert climates, both hot and cold. Along the way, they will encounter over 300 rare and little known plants, animals, reptiles, birds and insects, casting new light on desert environments and revealing the abundance of life underlying their barren image. Through fifteen bright and graphic desert landscapes the book looks in detail at unusual species, their tactics for survival, nocturnal desert life, the desert food chain, lethal creatures and degrees of dryness.
Extent: 56 pp
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2020-06-18
Size: 30.0 x 23.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500651988
What is a Desert? • Wind, Sand & Rain • Tribes & Patterns • Antarctica • The Arctic The Great Basin • The Sonoran • The Chihuahuan & Mojave Deserts • The Atacama Desert • The Patagonian Desert • The Namib Desert • The Kalahari • The Sahara The Arabian Desert • Thar Desert • The Gobi Desert • The Australian Deserts

Press Reviews

A winning combination of striking illustrations coupled with bite-sized facts that will wow readers of every age!
Mini and the Whale

A breathtaking visual treat … Just the book to entice little ones to hoot and howl through their own desert reading adventures
@maistorybooklibrary

Bright and entrancing artwork ... bitesized chunks of information
@raising_bookworms


About the Author

Vassiliki Tzomaka is a designer and illustrator based in Colchester, UK. She has a PhD in illustration from the Centre for Children’s Book Illustration, Cambridge School of Art. For the 'Extreme Environments' series she has drawn on her BSc in chemistry and MEnv in environmental studies to devise a distinctive visual approach to introducing children to the life in extreme environments. Vassiliki can be found on Instagram as @v_tzomaka.

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