{"product_id":"0805029605","title":"Cactus Hotel","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt 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!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany different animals live in the cactus hotel. It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cactus grows larger and larger and will live for about two hundred years. When one animal moves out, another moves in. There is never a vacancy in the cactus hotel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis story—about a desert, a giant cactus, and the animals who live in it—is one that even the youngest child will understand and enjoy.\u003c\/p\u003e\nPublishers Weekly\n\u003cp\u003eThe intriguing life cycle of the saguaro cactus and the complex web of life that characterizes the North American Sonoran desert is effectively explored in this involving picture book. Guiberson's text captures the reader with its steady pace and often delightful echoes of cumulative nursery tales. She weaves an amazingly large range of facts into this simple story of a fragile ecosystem, and helps children comprehend just how much plants and animals depend upon one another for their survival. Lloyd's ( The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything ) paintings evoke the desert landscape with their pastel-shaded palette, changing point of view and finely rendered scenes of native flora and fauna. Best used as a read-aloud, this is a fine prequel to Barbara Bash's more extensive and detailed Desert Giant . Ages 4-8. (May)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReference\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eEnglish as a Second Language\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChildren's Books\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience, Nature \u0026amp; How It Works\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eEnvironment \u0026amp; Ecology\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNature\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eFlowers \u0026amp; Plants\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eBook details\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Guiberson, Brenda Z.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e paperback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e First Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Square Fish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780805029604\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Square Fish","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":49280637927614,"sku":"0805029605-4","price":3.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81w0mTWtNTS.jpg?v=1791952423","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/0805029605","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}