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Mary Austin was an American writer and one of the early nature writers of the American Southwest. Her book, The Land of Little Rain, written in 1903, describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. As this area of the country is not far from where we live in Vegas, I decided I would like to go and see these areas and visit her home in Independence, CA.

This is P. This book is great for IR. This book won Shipping Stone Honor Skipping Stones Book Award in Nature and Ecology. This book is about a girl showing gratitude for the desert. The book has the words in English and Spanish. https://www.readingrockets.org/article/independent-reading The article list the importance of independent reading and suggests.

Riddle me this: why can I read a Kindle in the car without getting sick but not an actual book? 🤔

Went to Joshua Tree for a couple of days, and in keeping with recent habit, picked up local literature as a “souvenir.”

Drove through Northeast Oregon desert country and stopped at the Grande Ronde river while finishing this book in the passenger seat. Love the premise of a woman wilderness activist having a conversation with Ed Abbey at his grave. Some of his writing so inspired me in my 20s but he was sexist among other faults. #NFNov @Clwojick @rsteve388

Remember, animals were here first so they know better than people how to live. Their wisdom is older. They‘re more at ease in a desert place, the Indians say.

The picture of the badger burrowing itself into the earth is fascinating.

Caldecott honor book. People and animals live where most people could not even imagine, and they love it.

“He even taught them what songs to sing to touch the power of the earth, their mother”

This book made me think very seriously and had me intrigued for the whole book!