Buddy Comes to Breakfast

<p>An educational picture story of discovery about the Desert Tortoise and the threat to its habitat this is also a story of what it means to be a friend. Subtitles on each page create a poem about friendship that can be read to young readers while the story teaches older children and adults about these gentle intelligent and threatened members of the reptile family.</p><p>This non-fiction account illustrated with a mixed media presentation of photographs plein air watercolor sketches and detailed paintings provides an excellent introduction to the study of reptiles endangered species or the environment.</p><p>The Desert Tortoise has been on the U.S. Federal Endangered Species list as “threatened” for more than a decade but books like this can be a positive force in the initiative to reverse that. Included are lists of websites for more information about the Desert Tortoise and a glossary of important words to know.</p>