Where Is the Sahara Desert?

With three million square miles full of sand dunes that are up to ten-story-high, eye-tricking mirages, and fascinating creatures, the Sahara Desert is a real adventure!  In the next book in the Where Is? Series, young readers will learn about the magnificent Sahara Desert, the resilient animals, like ostriches and fennec foxes, that live there and the amazing plant life like the mesquite tree, with shallow roots that can grow almost 200 feed across to absorb water. Readers will also learn about the famous historic trade routes with caravans of up to 10,000 camels, the fortunate and unlucky European explorers to the region, and the native populations like the Berber and Tuareg, 112 pages, softcover. Ages 8 to 12.