This Place Is Dry: Arizona's Sonoran Desert (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Dry

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonoran Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there, also describes the engineering accomplishments of Hoover Dam

Children's Books

Cobb, Vicki

Lavallee, Barbara

Science, Nature & How It Works

Walker Childrens

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.

This Place Is Dry (Imagine Living Here)

Surveys the living conditions in Arizona's Sonora Desert for the people and unusual animals that live there. Also describes the engineering accomplishment of Hoover Dam.

Literature & Fiction

This Place Is High: The Andes Mountains of South America (Imagine Living Here)

Can you imagine living in a place that is so high you have trouble breathing because the air has less oxygen? Or where the most common farm animal spits and has tassels in his ears? In this book you will find out all sorts of things about what it is like to live in the Andes Mountains of South America. Try to imagine living there!

History

This Place Is Crowded: Japan (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Crowded (Imagine Living Here)

Imagine living in a place where commuter trains are so crowded that the train workers are paid to cram more people into each car--in Japan, this is a daily occurrence. What would it be like to live there? This addition to Cobb's Imagine Living Here series gives young readers passports to this unique place.

This Place Is Lonely: The Australian Outback (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Lonely

Presents Australia as a possible place to live, mentioning that though you may "go to school" by radio, it has other good features

Join Vicki Cobb and Barbara Lavallee on an exciting safari adventure into the Masai Mara of Kenya and Tanzania, home to more large mammals than any other place on Earth. It is a challenge to balance the needs of wildlife with the demands of civilization, but Cobb and Lavallee introduce us to people committed to living in harmony with the land-from Masai farmers to the promoters of eco-tourism. The newest entry in the Imagine Living Here series (This Place Is Cold, This Place Is Wet) continues to explore the ways that geography impacts upon culture throughout the world.

This Place is Wild: East Africa

Science & Math

Describes transportation, education, home life, holidays, and other aspects of life in the heavily populated island nation of Japan

Walker Co

An examination into everyday life in Japan shows young readers how the islands of Japan support a way of life vastly different from life in the United States.

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Books by Lavallee, Barbara

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This Place Is Dry: Arizona's Sonoran Desert (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Dry (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Dry: Arizona's Sonoran Desert (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is High: The Andes Mountains of South America (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Crowded: Japan (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Lonely: The Australian Outback (Imagine Living Here)

This Place is Wild: East Africa

This Place Is Crowded: Japan (Imagine Living Here)

This Place Is Crowded: Japan (Imagine Living Here)