Striking mixed-media art from the creator of Mirror lights up the Sonoran Desert, revealing--through one wary boy\'s experience--a habitat that is anything but barren and desolate.
Her extensive afterword also illuminates the enormous biodiversity of one of the world\'s most magnificent--and misunderstood--habitats..
Inspired by a research trip to the Sonoran Desert in Mexico, and illustrated with richly detailed and layered mixed-media collage, Jeannie Baker\'s gentle family story of awakening to nature is informed by the concept of nature deficit disorder, a subject she explores in the author\'s note.
But one of the creatures he fears has other plans for him, and soon the vast Desert Jungle begins to share its secrets--wonders beyond imagining.
The boy would rather play it safe on his tablet.
On a visit to Grandpa\'s ranch, he resists the invitation to explore an area where his grandfather grew up, far from any village.
He never wanders far, frightened of coyotes and the dusty wilds beyond.
In a Desert valley, surrounded by mountains of rock and cactus, is the tiny village the boy calls home.
Striking mixed-media art from the creator of Mirror lights up the Sonoran Desert, revealing--through one wary boy\'s experience--a habitat that is anything but barren and desolate
