Heinemann Library, 2010, grades 4-6.
Learn about the plants and animals found in different biomes, how they interact in food chains and food webs, and what you can do to help protect them.
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…Silverman introduces the various plants and animals surviving in deserts around the world. Along with color photos of animals in their habitat, diagrams illustrate how food chains and webs flow. The pictures and charts will draw readers in and help reiterate the importance of each link. Each book explains the dangers these food chains face due to pollution, species removal, introductions of alien species, and human carelessness. Ten ideas on how individuals can help save these systems are appended. Good additions to supplement information regarding various ecosystems.
After reading one of more of these books, students should know exactly what constitutes a food chain and a food web. Each book defines its habitat, explaining a food chain, focusing on the parts of the food chain, describing particular food chains native to geographical regions, and explaining how the habitats are being harmed.