内容简介
Youmaythinkthedesertisdry,big,andempty.Spendtwenty-fourhourstrackingavarietyofdesertdwellersandyouwilldiscoverthatthedesertisfulloflifeandactivity.
作者简介
GingerWadsworthisanativeCalifornian.ShereceivedherB.A.inEnglishfromtheUniversityofCaliforniaatDaviswithaminorinAmericanhistory.Shehastakenadditionalcoursesinearlychildhoodeducation,children'sliterature,andcreativewriting.Shehasalsostudiedoutdooreducationincludinggeneralecology,ornithology,andwildflowers.Gingertaughtpart-timeatanelementarylevel.Shedesignedanatureprogramforherstudentsandtaughtoutdooreducationclasses.SheisanenvironmentalistandamemberoftheAudubonSociety,theSierraClub,theNatureConservancyGroup,andseveralotherconservationorganizations.Gingerhaswrittenmanychildren'sbooks,bothfictionandnon-fiction.Shehasatalentforpresentingissuesconcerningthenaturalworldtochildren.Someofhertitlesinclude,OneOnAWeb,DesertDiscoveries,OneTigerGrowls,RiverDiscoveries,JohnBurroughs,SageofSlabsides(ClarionBooks),LauraIngallsWilder,StorytellerofthePrairie(LernerPublications),RachelCarson,VoicefortheEarth(LernerPublications),andJohnMuir,WildernessProtector(LernerPublications).GingerlivesinCaliforniawithherhusbandhastwogrownsons.SheenjoysgardeningwithnativeCaliforniaplants,hiking,camping,birdwatching,photography,travelingandreading.Shecomesfromafamilyofwritersandnaturalists.VisitGingeronlineatwww.gingerwadsworth.com.,,