Children's non-fiction books
that inspires and educates
ISBN
978-5-907793-50-7
Age
6 yrs and up
Pages
64
Rights
available worldwide
DESERTS. One year in the life of the hottest biome
by
Olga Kuvykina
illustrations:
Maria Pozdnyakova
It takes young readers aged 6–10 on an illustrated postcard expedition across the world’s great desert regions: the Sahara and Libyan Desert, the Kalahari and Namib, the Mojave, the Atacama, the Australian Outback, the Arabian Desert, and the Gobi.
Each double-page spread arrives as a “postcard” from its location: stamped, panoramically illustrated, and packed with surprising facts about the animals, plants, and ecosystems that make these apparently empty landscapes some of the most biodiverse places on Earth.
Cross-section illustrations reveal underground root systems and burrow networks. Panoramic spreads bring 50+ species: fennec foxes, Gobi bears, dingoes, sand cats, guanacos, houbara bustards to life in their native landscapes. The book closes with a practical desert-survival guide and a scientific glossary naming every species by its Latin binomial.
"100 Best New Books for Children and Teens" by Gaidar Library
2026
Climate Literacy Through Wonder, Not Alarm. Deserts cover one-third of Earth’s land surface. Rather than presenting them as barren wastelands, this book reveals them as astonishing survival systems — building ecological awareness through wonder. Children can connect landmark ecosystems to climate and biodiversity conversations.
Visual-First Design. The postcard-and-stamp architecture delivers facts in bite-sized boxes fully integrated into the panoramic art. A licensee can adapt the word-count to any market without losing the book’s visual logic. The same award-winning illustration that earned five “A Walk Through History” titles places in Bologna’s Drawn Worlds: 1001 Outstanding Children’s Books is on full display here.
Ecosystems, Adaptation, Biodiversity. A glossary of 40+ species with Latin binomials (Welwitschia mirabilis, Camelus ferus, Puma concolor…) gives teachers a ready-made cross-disciplinary tool.
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