Suitable for children in Year 2 (age 6), Desert is one of nine books from the Cambridge Reading non-fiction strand.

This strand has been designed to introduce young readers to information retrieval skills.

In the middle of Australia is the largest sand ridge desert in the world - the Simpson Desert.

People used to think that the desert was empty and dead.

Many plants and animals live there, but much of this life is hidden during the fierce heat of the day.

Desert reveals how plants and animals depend on each other for food and how they survive harsh desert conditions.

Cambridge Reading at Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2) includes fiction, non-fiction, poetry and plays to offer children a variety of text types, authors and illustrators and provide a firm base for wider reading.