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Bright orange poppies grow in deserts of California – look for fields of poppies blooming in March and April. Poppies just need rain and warmth, in spring seeds wake up and bloom with a single flower. (Picture book)
Tip: Look for poppies in Anza-Borrego, Joshua Tree, Death Valley, Mojave Preserve.
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A family visits the California desert, hiking down the trail into the canyon, bighorn sheep leaps from rock to rock, hawks fly overheard, jackrabbits hide, walking on the sand, the people leave tracks, so does a horned lizard, colorful wildflowers bloom, camping in the desert, coyotes yip and owls take to the sky full of stars. Plus fun facts about about desert plants and animals. (Picture book)
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Poems about each creature of the desert – jackrabbit, pack rat, rattlesnake, cactus wren, desert tortoise, buzzard, toad, lizard and coyote. “Far down in the earth, quiet as a stone, I wait for rain.” (Picture book)
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Discover animals and plants that survive and thive in Death Valley –
great horned owls, roadrunners, desert tortoises, kangaroo rats,
wild burros, kit foxes, free-tailed bats, barrel cactus, Mojave
yucca. (Easy reader, illustrations)
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More children's book on other California pages |
