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My Big Book of the Desert
Come and learn about the desert with Tomás, the friendly little tortoise who lives in his burrow in Red Rock Canyon! He wants you to find out which desert plants and animals are friendly and which ones are dangerous. What makes the canyon rocks so red? Why is the desert so dry? What happens if you grab a lizard by the tail? Why shouldn't you feed wild animals? Tomás promises to answer these questions and more.
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Tales for Tomás
Grandfather Tortoise is 100 years old, and it is time for hime to pass down to Tomás his wealth of memories about the growth of Las Vegas. Tomás is awed and honored by the importance of his new responsibility and listens to the stories attentively, just as you will when you hear about the Paiute Indians, the Old Spanish Trail, the miners, railroads, and the importance of world events to the area around Tomás' Red Rock Canyon.
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Tomás and the Ghost Town
It's a dark, chilly night, and Tomás is sitting around a crackling campfire with his friends, telling scary stories about the ghost towns left behind by people who hungered for gold in the Old West. Imagine their delight when Ranger Ralph invites them to accompany him on an overnight visit to the real ghost town of Rhyolite! Stephens Press presents another happy Tomás the Tortoise adventure by author and illustrator Mike Miller. What a delightful way to learn about the history of the Nevada desert!
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One Hot Day
Tomás is a friendly little desert tortoise who lives in Nevada's beautiful Red Rock Canyon. While his burrow is relatively cool, the Southern Nevada desert gets quite hot in the summer. The temperature rises to well over 100 degrees during the day and cools down to around 80 degrees at night. In this story, Tomás decides to make a trip to nearby Lake Mead in order to cool off. Along the way, he is joined by several interesting desert friends. Come on along and join in the fun!
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Joshua's Surprise
One evening Tomás and his friends saw the bright lights of the season glowing behind the Calico Hill. Their discovery gives them the idea to spread the holiday spirit in their own way around their canyon. All the desert neighbors join in the effort to bring holiday happiness to Old Josh, the oldest Joshua tree in the canyon. Old Josh is a cynical tree and he thinks all this energy is wasted until he finds that the surprise is on him. Come on along with Tomás as he spreads the holiday spirit.
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Play In The Clouds
Winter in the Southern Nevada desert is cool and sometimes windy, but clouds are rare, and it seldom rains or snows below the canyon's rim. In this story Tomás watches the beautiful clouds in the distance and wonders what it would be like to play in their midst. Are they really as soft and inviting as they look? Could he, a little tortoise, climb up to them and touch the sky?
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