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One day in the desert / by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Fred Brenner.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 5928
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Desert ecology--Sonoran Desert--Juvenile literature.
- Desert ecology.
- Sonoran Desert--Juvenile literature.
- Sonoran Desert.
- North America--Sonoran Desert.
- Genre:
- Juvenile works.
- Penn Provenance:
- Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Thomas Y. Crowell, [1983]
- Summary:
- Explains how the animal and human inhabitants of the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, including a mountain lion, a roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise, and members of the Papago Indian tribe, adapt to and survive the desert's merciless heat.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 45) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
- Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 0690043406
- 9780690043402
- 0690043414
- 9780690043419
- OCLC:
- 9441066
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