George, Jean Craighead, 1919-

One day in the desert / by Jean Craighead George ; illustrated by Fred Brenner. - 1st ed. - New York : Crowell, c1983. - 48 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 45.

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.

ISBN: 0690043406 0690043414 (lib. bdg.) : $9.89

LCCN: 82045924

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Desert ecology.
Heat--Physiological effect.
Tohono O'Odham Indians.
Indians of North America--Arizona.
Ecology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sonoran Desert.

LC Class. No.: QH104.5.S58 / G46 1983

Dewey Class. No.: 591.5/2652/097917