Where Is the Sahara Desert? (Where Is?)

by Sarah Fabiny (Author) David Malan (Illustrator)

Where Is the Sahara Desert? (Where Is?)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Where Is?
Ten-story-high sand dunes, eye-tricking mirages, unlucky explorers – it’s all here and more in this newest Where Is? book.

From the #1 
New York Times Best-Selling Who Was? series comes Where Is?, a series that tells the stories of world-famous landmarks and natural wonders and features a fold-out map!

Imagine over three million square miles of sand dunes that are as tall as a ten-story building. That place is real -- it's the Sahara Desert! Vast, yes! And home to fascinating creatures such as ostriches and fennec foxes as well as amazing plant life. The shallow roots of the mesquite tree can grow almost 200 feet across to absorb water. Readers will also learn about the famous trade routes of the past with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, European explorers to the region (some very unlucky ones), and native populations like the Berber and Tuareg, the faces of the men are blue from the dye in the veils they always wear.
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Sarah Fabiny
Sarah Fabiny has written several Who HQ titles, including Who Was Ida B. Wells?, Was Was Frida Kahlo?, and What Is NASA?

Indonesian born Dede Putra is a digital artist living in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a "bit of a foodie" and a "big audio/visual guy."
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780593520062
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication date
June 06, 2023
Series
Where Is?
BISAC categories
JNF051180 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Earth Sciences - Geography
JNF038010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Africa
JNF025010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | History | Africa
Library of Congress categories
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