The Mighty Mesquite: El mezquite poderoso

by Ramona Moreno Winner

A seed pod blows onto the desert floor and begins its adventure surviving in the desert. The pod is picked up by a desert dove, dropped, eaten by a deer, digested and expelled, swept up in a rainstorm, and sprouted into a seedling. It's first trial of survival is when it repels a rabbit intent on eating its delicate leaves. The seedling protects itself by pricking the rabbits nose with its natural forming thorns. The tree grows and produces flowers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965117456
• ISBN13: 9780965117456
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Brainstorm3000
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 6 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 7