Saguaro Moon: A Desert Journal
Megan's family has moved over the summer to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. It turns out not to be the sandbox she expected!
Megan soon meets a new friend named Mitchell. His family is part of the Tohono O'odham, a group of Native Americans who have lived in the Sonoran for several hundred years. Mitchell introduces Megan and readers to the land of the Sonoran, the plant and animal life of the Sonoran, as well as given a sneak peak into the culture and beliefs of the O'odham people. Through these two explorers we learn where Saguaro fruit comes from, about the spadefoot, which is an animal that resembles a frog but sounds like a sheep, and we learn how to properly care for a pet scorpion! We learn about butterfly storms, bats that look like chess boards and the difference between a jackrabbit and a regular rabbit. This factual information, which can sometimes appear dry in some non-fiction books, is explained to readers from the viewpoint of a child in a fun, adventurous way!
