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There are deserts in many parts of the world. Most

deserts are huge, dry places where only a few special

plants grow. The weather can change quickly from very

hot to very cold. People who visit deserts or live there

have to be very careful to survive.

because grow inside live much need under water

Key Words

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Review use of apostrophe for contractions: doesn't it's

Develop visual discrimination: like/live/life they/then

Understand irregular plurals: cactuses ostriches

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First published in 2008 by Red Rocket Readers, an imprint of Flying Start Books Ltd. Reprinted 2012, 2014, 2018.

13/45 Karepiro Drive, Auckland 0932, New Zealand.

story Pam Holden

Printed in New Zealand

Photographs on pages 2, 6, 8 and 10 supplied by iStock Photo

Photograph on page 12 supplied by Thinkstock Photos

All other photographs supplied by Jupiter Unlimited

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Word Count = 333

ISBN 978-1-776850-63-1

written by Pam Holden

Contents Page

Dry desert 2

Plants

Animals 4-5

Birds 6-7

Camels 8-9

Desert people 10-11

Oasis 12-13

Sandstorms

Clothes

Desert life 16

Living in a Desert

A desert is a big, dry place

that doesnt get much rain. It

is a hard place to live, because

everything needs water.

The cactus is a desert plant that

keeps water inside. Other plants

grow long roots to get water

from under the ground.

cactuses

Small animals that live in hot deserts

are rats, snakes, insects, and lizards.

They hide under rocks or the sand to

keep out of the sun in the daytime.

scorpion

At night, when it gets cold, they

come out to find food and water.

desert iguana

Desert birds like to get away from

the heat, too. Some fly high in the

sky all day. Other birds only come

out at night to find water and to

eat insects and seeds.

hawks

Ostriches live in the deserts in

Africa. They are the biggest birds

in the world. They are taller than

people! Ostriches cant fly, but they

can run fast across the hot desert.

ostrich

Camels are large animals that can walk

for many days with no food or water.

Then they drink a lot of water at one

time. They have humps on their backs

to store fat for food.

People ride camels across the desert,

or they use them to take heavy loads.

camels

Not many people live in deserts

because it's hard to find water.

Some people live in huts or tents.

They have sheep and goats to get wool

and meat and milk. They take their

animals across the desert to find food.

An oasis is a green place in

the middle of a desert. Trees

and grass and plants grow there

because it has some water.

People can grow vegetables and palm

trees for food. They build their

houses with bricks made of mud.

oasis

Deserts can be windy places sometimes.

The sand blows around in sandstorms.

People need clothes that are long and

loose because of the sun and wind and

sand. They need warm clothes at night.

sandstorm

Living in a desert is a hard life

for plants and animals and people.

cactus a plant that has prickles

camel large mammal that lives in the desert

desert a dry, sandy land

oasis a place with water in a desert

palm a tree with big leaves at the top and

no branches

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