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Cactus Hotel
Cactus Hotel
Author: Brenda Z. Guiberson, Megan Lloyd (Illustrator)
It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is their hotel in the desert! — Many different animals live in the cactus hotel. It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus.  — The cactus grows larg...  more »
PBS Market Price: $8.09 or $4.19+1 credit
ISBN-13: 9780805029604
ISBN-10: 0805029605
Publication Date: 10/15/1993
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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4.8 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a wonderfully illustrated, educational & entertaining book about the Saguaro cactus and all the animals that live in it.
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Helpful Score: 1
Be prepared for all readers and listeners to be engrossed by the life of a cactus and the animals it impacts. Beautiful, colorful, true to life, full page illustrations.
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Parents' Choice Award...IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice...A CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book...An ALA Notable Book in Language Arts.

"Guiberson weaves an amazingly large range of facts into this simple story of a fragile ecosystem." -Publishers Weekly
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I really love this book and I plan on using it when I teach my unit on deserts.


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