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This user-friendly guidebook is fantastic for Tucson residents or visitors who want some easily accessible outdoors adventures. Wide range of areas from the Botanical Garden and the Santa Cruz River Trail park in the city to some adventures just outside of town, such as the Romero Canyon Trail or the Sweetwater Trail Preserve. This small and sturdy guidebook is perfect to toss in a backpack or back pocket and begin your day of outdoors adventure.

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Separate Fact from Fiction with This Fun, Fascinating GuideWe need bats to eat mosquitoes, pollinate plants, and more. Karen Krebbs has been studying the world’s only flying mammals for more than 35 years—and she’s sharing her expertise with you. Learn the bat basics, such as how they use echolocation, why they hibernate, and what they eat. Then use the field guide section to identify common and important species to know.Inside You’ll Find Bat myths debunked—they won’t really fly in your hair or try to bite Identification guide to 32 North American species Instructions on how to bat-proof a house and what to do if you find a bat indoors Projects, activities, and tips to help bats Get Bat Basics, and celebrate the amazing lives of bats!

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The desert is more than just a barren wasteland -- it's an ecological system booming with life. Have you ever wondered which animals call the Southwest's deserts home? Have you asked yourself how they can possibly survive? This fantastic guide to desert life, written by Karen Krebbs, holds the answers. With stunning photography, as well as fascinating and surprising information, you'll find Desert Life of the Southwest hard to put down! Book Features: Spotlight on more than 100 species of desert animals and plants Special emphasis on how to spot them and how they survive in the desert Animal species that include everything from small insects to large mammals Engaging information about the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave, and Sonoran deserts "Wow" facts, diet, predators, lifespan, and more

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Children often imagine the desert as a barren, lifeless place -- but the deserts of the Southwest are brimming with plant and animal life. Learn about the wonders of this amazing habitat and how animals survive there in an interactive introduction by Karen Krebbs that's sure to occupy kids for countless hours. Through coloring pages by Phil Juliano, word finds, mazes and more, young nature lovers will discover fascinating facts about everything from scorpions and javelinas to sagebrush and cacti. Your children will never view deserts the same way again! Book Features: Desert-life-related illustrations to color Entertaining activities for children of all ages Engaging information about the Chihuahuan, Great Basin, Mojave and Sonoran deserts Color-by-number, dot-to-dots, secret codes and more!

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