e-branch
Login
My List - 0
Help
Home
My Account/Renew Loans
Community Info
KidSearch
New Catalogue!
Search
Advanced
By Format
By Number
My Searches
Can't Find it?
Find Magazine Articles & more
Problems?
Search:
Title Starts with...
Title Keyword(s)
Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)
Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)
Subject Starts with...
Subject Keyword(s)
Series Starts with...
Series Keyword(s)
Anyword/Anywhere
List Name Keyword(s)
Refine Search
> You're searching:
Halifax Public Libraries
Item Information
Copy / Holding Information
School Library Journal Review
More Content
More by this author
Bailey, Gerry, 1945-
Subjects
Deserts -- Juvenile literature
Deserts -- Research -- Juvenile literature.
Desert survival -- Juvenile literature.
Survival -- Sahara -- Juvenile literature.
Sahara -- Environmental conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Sahara -- Juvenile literature.
Browse Catalog
by author:
Bailey, Gerry, 1945-
by title:
Dry in the desert : ...
by call number:
551.415 B154d
Search the Web
Bailey, Gerry, 1945-
Deserts -- Juvenile literature
Deserts -- Research -- Juvenile literature.
Desert survival -- Juvenile literature.
Survival -- Sahara -- Juvenile literature.
Sahara -- Environmental conditions -- Juvenile literature.
Sahara -- Juvenile literature.
MARC Display
Dry in the desert : can science save your life? / Gerry Bailey ; [illustrator: Leighton Noyes].
by
Bailey, Gerry, 1945-
Crabtree, 2014, c2013.
Call #:
551.415 B154d
Subjects
Deserts
--
Juvenile
literature
Deserts
--
Research
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Desert
survival
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Survival
--
Sahara
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Sahara
--
Environmental conditions
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Sahara
--
Juvenile
literature
.
Series
Bailey, Gerry, 1945- Science to the rescue.
ISBN:
9780778704294 (bound)
0778704297 (bound)
Description:
32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Contents:
Introduction to Joe's story
--
What is a desert?
--
Dusty winds
--
What is a dune?
--
Mirages
--
Portable homes
--
Modern nomads
--
What animals live there?
--
What is an oasis?
--
Aquifers
--
Plants of the desert
--
Garama
--
Expanding deserts
--
Who lives there?.
Summary:
"Will Joe be able to survive in the hot, scorching desert? In this exciting
survival
story, readers journey along with Joe as he searches for water and runs into a desert tribe."--From publisher.
Audience:
Ages 8-11.
Grades 4 to 6.
Other authors:
Noyes, Leighton
Holds:
0
Copy/Holding information
Location
Collection
Call No.
Item type
Status
Central Library
Children's Nonfiction
551.415 B154d
Childrens Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Tantallon Public Library
Children's Nonfiction
551.415 B154d
Childrens Books
Checked in
Add Copy to MyList
Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M
© 2001-2013
SirsiDynix
All rights reserved.