I Am the Thirsty Desert

Written by Darcy Pattison

Narrated by Josiah Bildner

Award-winning science writer Darcy Pattison presents a superbloom from the desert’s point-of-view.

 

When a sudden downpour, a monsoon, falls in the desert, plants and animals explode with growth. Plants sprout, bloom, produce seeds and die within a couple days. Likewise, in a week, animals hatch, grow, mate, lay eggs, and return to hibernation or estivation.

 

Strong lyrical text takes on the persona of the desert as it watches seeds it has cradled become flowering plants.

 

“…I’m flooded with redbluegreenyelloworangepurple

and buzzing with life—

gorgeous, outrageous,

frail LIFE!”

 

The natural life cycles of the desert depend on rain. Explore this fascinating environment during one of its most spectacular displays of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mims House
• Release date: Mar 14, 2023
• ISBN: 9781629441801

Darcy Pattison

DARCY PATTISON is the author of The River Dragon, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng, as well as the fantasy novel The Wayfinder. She teaches writing at the University of Central Arkansas. She lives in North Little Rock, Arkansas.<br>