As her family attempts to calculate the value of the desert hills, the colors of blooming cactus, and the calls of eagles and great horned owls, a young girl--who has been led astray by the family's lack of material wealth--realizes w...

From the highly acclaimed team of Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall comes the story of a girl who shares her love for desert life as she tells of treasured experiences like dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day or sleeping outside on a ho...

Describes how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.

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.

On the hottest summer afternoons when desert creatures look for shade and stay close to the earth and keep their voices low I sit high on a cactus and fling my loud ringing trill out to the sun... So sings the Cactus Wren, one of the ...

The Caldecott Honor authorllustrator team that brought readers 'The Desert Is Theirs' and 'The Way to Start a Day' returns with this tale of truly listening to the world around us. In 'The Other Way to Listen', a young boy is eager to...