Cactus Hotel
Author(s): Brenda Z. Guiberson
It is another hot day in the desert. Birds and other animals scurry about looking for food. When they get tired they stop to rest at a giant cactus. It is their hotel in the desert!
Many different animals live in the cactus hotel. It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus.
The cactus grows larger and larger and will live for about two hundred years. When one animal moves out, another moves in. There is never a vacancy in the cactus hotel.
This story--about a desert, a giant cactus, and the animals who live in it--is one that even the youngest child will understand and enjoy.
Parents' Choice Award
IRA-CBC Teachers' Choice
An NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book
An NCTE Notable Trade Book in the Language Arts
Review(s):
“A fascinating look at the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus and its place in the desert ecosystem.” —Booklist
“Guiberson weaves an amazingly large range of facts into this simple story of a fragile ecosystem.” —Publishers Weekly
Winner Parents' Choice Award Winner, Long-listed IRA Teachers' Choices, American Library Association Notable Children's Books, NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, Winner NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade, National Science Teacher's Association-CBC, Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children, Long-listed NCTE Notable Child. Bks in Lang. A, Long-listed ALA Notable Children's Books
ISBN: 9780805013337