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Deserts are home to numerous creatures that rely on their resources--both living and nonliving--to provide them shelter, food, mates, and more. This wonderful guide to a desert ecosystem introduces many characteristics of deserts and how animals interact with them. It also introduces the idea of balance and how changes in animal populations and other environmental concerns can have an impact on deserts. Readers will love the beautiful color photographs of deserts and the plants and animals in them, which complement and support the accessible text.