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Cactus Hotel

Book Review:

Experience life in the beautiful Sonoran Desert through the life of a saguaro cactus. From the fruit falling off of an older cacti, to the seeds being planted in creation of another cacti, to the growth of the cacti hundreds of years in the making, to the death of the cacti, this cacti lived as a hotel. Animals great and small used this cactus as their hotel. The jackrabbits cools off in the shade of the cacti, the birds eat from the nectar, the woodpecker makes a hole for his home and as the cactus lays dead on the ground, a ground snake huddles next to it to become cool. The pictures are brightly illustrated and very well done. The author and illustrator come together in harmony to show the life of a cactus in the desert. At the end of the book, the author provides a full page of information about the saguaro cactus, what they drink and how they survive. This would be a great book to share with kids, both great and small.

 

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