Francisco is a lonely boy. Amigo is a prairie dog. They both live in the desert, and both want someone to play with. Francisco thinks that he's "taming" Amigo, his pet -- but Amigo knows better.
Scout and Daisy are on expedition in the desert and Scout has uncovered something incredible -- a rock has told him a story! But how can a rock tell a story? Join Scout as he helps Daisy find clues to solve the Case of the Story Rock.Titles in The Gumboot Kids series:The Case of the Buzzing Honey Makers (9780228102816, paperback, 6.99)The Case of the Buzzing Honey Makers (9780228102823, hardcover, 19.95)The Case of the Singing Ocean (9780228102847, paperback, 6.99)The Case of the Singing Ocean (9780228102854, hardcover, 19.95)The Case of the Growing Bird Feeder (9780228101901, paperback, 6.99)The Case of the Growing Bird Feeder (9780228101895, hardcover, 19.95)The Case of the Story Rock (9780228101925, paperback, 6.99)The Case of the Story Rock (9780228101918, hardcover, 19.95)The Case of the Vanishing Caterpillar (9780228101949, paperback, 6.99)The Case of the Vanishing Caterpillar (9780228101932, hardcover, 19.95)The Case of the Wooden Timekeeper (9780228101963, paperback, 6.99)The C
Reacher never backs down from a problem.And he's about to find a big one, on a deserted Arizona road, where a Jeep has crashed into the only tree for miles around. Under the merciless desert sun, nothing is as it seems.Minutes later Reacher is heading into the nearby border town, a backwater that has seen better days. Next to him is Michaela Fenton, an army veteran turned FBI agent, who is trying to find her twin brother.He might have got mixed up with some dangerous people.And Reacher might just need to pay them a visit.Their leader has burrowed his influence deep into the town. Just to get in and meet the mysterious Dendoncker, Reacher is going to have to achieve the impossible.To get answers will be even harder. There are people in this hostile, empty place who would rather die than reveal their secrets.But then, if Reacher is coming after you, you might be better off dead.
A stunning and lyrical picture book debut that tells the true story of a young girl’s immigration and search for home.Zahra lives in a beautiful place where the desert reaches all the way to the sea and one hundred butterflies seem to always fill the sky. But when Baba and Mama tell her that their family is no longer welcome here and they must leave, Zahra wonders if she will ever feel at home again. And what about the wonderful people she will leave behind?But when she and her family arrive in a new desert, she’s surprised to find some familiar elements amid all the newness―and in time, a new kind of magic around her. Home might not be as far away as she feared it would be.With spare, moving text and detailed, evocative art, Zahra Marwan tells the true story of her family’s immigration from Kuwait, where they were considered stateless, to New Mexico, where together they made a new home.
Set in an internment camp where the United States cruelly detained Japanese Americans during WWII and based on true events, this moving love story finds hope in heartbreak.To fall in love is already a gift. But to fall in love in a place like Minidoka, a place built to make people feel like they weren’t human―that was miraculous.After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tama is sent to live in a War Relocation Center in the desert. All Japanese Americans from the West Coast―elderly people, children, babies―now live in prison camps like Minidoka. To be who she is has become a crime, it seems, and Tama doesn’t know when or if she will ever leave. Trying not to think of the life she once had, she works in the camp’s tiny library, taking solace in pages bursting with color and light, love and fairness. And she isn’t the only one. George waits each morning by the door, his arms piled with books checked out the day before. As their friendship grows, Tama wonders: Can anyone possibly read so much? I
A young meerkat travels the world looking for Christmas in this witty and festive picture book full of cards that readers can flip open to read!Sunny Meerkat isn't quite sure if Christmas in the Kalahari Desert with his meerkat family is the right sort of Christmas. After all, there's no snow, no Christmas trees, and certainly no holiday treats! Sunny sets off on a journey around the world visiting robins, penguins, and reindeer in search of the picture-perfect Christmas...before realizing he might have left it at home after all.
An epic dungeon-busting adventure inspired by One Thousand and One Nights!Deep within the desert lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches there for the taking by anyone lucky enough to find
"With The Shape Shifter, Hillerman once again proves himself the master of Southwest mystery fiction, working in a Hemingway-esque tradition of pared-down writing to bring the rugged Southwest into focus."--Santa Fe New MexicanLegendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is drawn back into the past to solve a cold case that has haunted him for nearly a decade in this atmospheric and twisting mystery infused with the Native American culture and lore of the desert Southwest.Though he's officially retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, Joe Leaphorn occasionally helps his former colleagues Jim Chee and Bernie Manuelito crack particularly puzzling crimes. But there is that rare unsolved investigation that haunts every lawman, including the legendary Leaphorn. Joe still hasn't let go of his "last case"--a mystery involving a priceless Navajo rug that was supposedly destroyed in a fire. Nine years later, what looks like the same one-of-a-kind rug turns up in a magazine spread, and the man who showed Joe
A tender new story from the award-winning creator of Julian Is a Mermaid celebrates first-time camping, father-child bonding, and feeling at one with the universe. "We're going camping, you and me.""Where?" I ask."The desert," says Dad . . . "To shake hands with the universe." Going to bed each night can be dark and scary. The night sky stretches out endlessly, making one sensitive child feel small in comparison. So Dad comes up with a plan: a night of camping out in the desert. Together, the two load up Darlin', the old pickup truck, and drive over the mountain with the radio on, stopping to shoot the breeze at a junkyard before setting up camp, jumping in sand dunes, and lying back to name all the birds they can see. After sunset, when the young thinker feels tiny against the vast sky, Dad knows just what to ask--and just what to say--to soothe away fears. Maybe this night spent under the stars (and a surprise from Mom and the baby later) are just what is needed to show that the univ
"Nevada, 1869: Beyond the pitiless 40-Mile Desert lies Golgotha, a cattle town that hides more than its share of unnatural secrets. The sheriff bears the mark of the noose around his neck; some say he
'The sea is everything. It covers seven tenths of the terrestrial globe. Its breath is pure and healthy. It is an immense desert, where man is never lonely, for he feels life stirring on all sides.'Sc
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWith The Warded Man and The Desert Spear, Peter V. Brett surged to the front rank of contemporary fantasy, standing alongside giants in the field such as George R. R. Martin,
Johann Rudolf Wyss’ tale of a family’s adventures on an isolated desert island is a great children’s favourite. The plot is a simple one but has many surprises and excitements along the way, which is
All Around the World is a charmingly illustrated journey of discovery through different environments, including the ocean, forest, jungle, desert, and Arctic. Each is shown in a giant fold-out panoram
★ 本書已被翻譯成超過四十種語言版本，銷售逾四百萬冊，堪稱一個世紀以來除了聖經以外最暢銷的書！荒漠甘泉是名聞遐邇的屬靈書籍，自出版以來，倍受愛戴的情況與日俱增；它對人心的激勵，有如沙漠中的一掬清泉，總能適時為饑渴的心靈注入新的活泉，讓受傷的心靈重拾盎然的風采。荒漠甘泉自一九二〇年首度出版至今，伴隨著無數人走過生命中的高山低谷。作者考門夫人在歷經漫長的心靈黑夜、人生風暴時，開始提筆寫作；其透過苦難的淬鍊後寫成的字字句句，或是所收錄屬靈前輩的信息，為人們帶來了安慰、鼓勵與美好的盼望。《荒漠甘泉》的英文書名 Streams in the Desert 取自聖經以賽亞書三十五章６節：Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy.Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.跛腳的能像鹿跳躍，啞巴能歌唱。曠野將湧出大水；荒漠將流出甘泉。（現代中文譯本）
In Small Worlds Earth, explore nature up close. Look at what happens under the leaf litter in a forest, find out what lives in a single desert oasis, examine the top of a Brazil nut tree in the Amazon and much more. What will you find when you explore these small worlds? Prepare to be surprised by the variety of life on each page of this gorgeous lift-the-flap book.A fascinating exploration of the life and cycles in nature's small worlds.
夜行動物和雨林動物有哪些？生活在草原和林地裡的動物又有什麼不同？攤開地圖，準備好上山下海，見見住在各種地方的動物，認識牠們的特性，滿足小讀者的好奇心，兼具趣味及知識性。Raft down rapids to see raccoons, ski across ice to spot emperor penguins and dive underwater to explore the coral reef and learn why discovering animals is SUPER exciting!From the leafy green canopy of the rainforest, where gibbons communicate by singing, to the scorching hot desert where one of the world's DEADLIEST scorpions lives, planet Earth is full of AMAZING animals that are just waiting to be discovered.Did you know that marine iguanas sneeze out salty sea water after a big swim? Or that a narwhal's tusk is actually a very, VERY long tooth? And did you know that dung beetles are the STRONGEST animals on earth?Explore a different habitat on every spread, with fun and vibrant illustrations and fact-filled text for intrepid adventurers who want to know EVERYTHING about the world we live in. Readers will be taken all around the globe to discover a world of animals across rainforests and jungles, ri
