A Desert Food Chain

A Who-Eats-What Adventure in North America

From the Series Follow That Food Chain

  • Interest Level: Grade 3 - Grade 5
  • Reading Level: Grade 4

Welcome to the desert! Some people think of the desert as a hot, dry, lifeless place. But it is full of life, with diamondback rattlesnakes stalking scorpions and coyotes prowling for rabbits after nightfall. Day and night in the desert, the hunt is on to find food—and to avoid becoming someone else’s next meal. All living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animal to plant, plant to insect, and insect to animal. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the desert? Will you … Race after a roadrunner chasing her dinner? Fly with a pallid bat during her nightly insect feast? Shadow a pronghorn dining on prickly pear? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!

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978-0-7613-5719-3
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Interest Level Grade 3 - Grade 5
Reading Level Grade 4
Genre Science
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Lerner Publications ™
Language English
Publication Date 2009-08-01
Text Type Informational/Explanatory
BISACS JNF051100, JNF051050
Dewey 577.54'16
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Lexile 830
Guided Reading Level U
ATOS Reading Level 5.1
Accelerated Reader® Quiz 127233
Accelerated Reader® Points 1.0
Features Bibliography/further reading, Glossary, Index, Maps, Reviewed, Table of contents, Teaching Guides, Websites, and eSource

Reviews

NSTA

“This bright colorful book will attract young readers. The format will hold the reader’s interest as he or she moves through the book following the notes. This is a great way to teach about the importance of food chains.”
NSTA