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64 pp.
| Raintree
| September, 2002
|
LibraryISBN 0-7398-5247-7$$31.42
(4)
4-6
Biomes Atlases series.
Each book begins with a biome map and a description of the biomes of the world, then describes the climate, plants, animals, and cultures specific to the featured biome; geographic examples are interspersed. Packed with information and colorful illustrative material, the format is a well-organized if visually overwhelming cross between textbook and encyclopedia. There are seven other new books in this series. Glos., ind. [Review covers these Biomes Atlases titles: Deserts and Semideserts, Oceans and Beaches, Taiga, Tropical Grasslands, and Arctic Tundra and Polar Deserts.]