Book Description
for Sand Swimmers by Narelle Oliver
From the Publisher
At first glance, nothing moves in the desert. This is the 'Dead Heart' of central Australia. But the so-called Dead Heart has its secrets. Hidden in this harsh environment is an extraordinary and diverse wildlife. Often its only trace is a pattern in the sand. 'Sand Swimmers' follows in the footsteps of explorer, Charles Sturt, who saw 'this terrible, terrible desert' as a truly dead place, with 'not a living thing to be seen; not an ant, not a cricket, not a grasshopper.' Through beautiful, evocative linocut illustrations, this book revisits those hostile desertscapes to take a closer look. Here one discovers many fascinating creatures and their ingenious methods of survival in this unique habitat.
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