Which desert animals never drink? Where do cars race across the desert?Can deserts be changed into green fields? With detailed, lively onswers to these and many other fascinating questions, I Wonder Why The Sahara Is Cold At Night is a perfect introduction to the world of deserts. Combining incredible information with awesome artwork, it is auaranteed to amaze and inspire!

4 What is a desert?

4 Are all deserts hot?

5 Are all deserts sandy?

6 Where is the world's biggest desert?

8 Why are deserts sandy?

8 How high are the tallest sand dunes?    

9 Where can you find mushroom-shaped rocks?

10 What is an oasis?

11 When is there water in a wadi?

11 How does sunlight trick desert travellers?

12 How do plants survive in deserts?

12 Why are cactuses spiny?

13 When does the desert burst into flower?

14 How long can a camel last without water?

15 Which desert animals never drink?

15 Can toads live in the desert?

16 How do desert foxes keep their cool?

16 Which animal has its own sun parasol?

17 Why do desert animals love the dark?

18 How do rattlesnakes kill their prey?

18 Which desert lizards are poisonous?

19 Why do scorpions have a sting in their tail?

20 How do people live in the desert?

20 What do nomadic people find to eat?

21 Who ate ants?

22 Why do desert people build mud houses?

22 Are there towns in the desert?

23 What is a yurt?

23 Where do people paint with sand?

24 Why did Australian explorers import camels?

24 Who made it across the Sahara in a microli9ht?

25 Which desert explorer carried water in his boots?

26 Where do cars race across the desert?

26 Why are Space rovers tested in the desert?

27 Which is the world's toughest foot race?

28 Is there treasure in the desert?

28 What is black 9old?

29 How can deserts give us clean energy?

30 Did grass ever 9row in the Sahara Desert?

30 What turns 9reen land into desert?

31 Can deserts be chanqed into green fields?

32 Index