Prairie Dog Song: The Key to Saving North America's Grasslands

by Cindy Trumbore

Susan L. Roth (Illustrator)

For thousands of years, green and gold grasses covered North America from Canada to Mexico. The prairie and desert grasslands were home to a variety of animals, from small prairie dogs to huge bison. But in the nineteenth century, ranching and farming took hold in the grasslands, and over time many of the animals and plants vanished.

Then, in the late 1980s, scientists discovered a region in Mexico where green and gold grasses still waved and prairie dogs still barked. The scientists understood the importance of this grassland ecosystem and the prairie dogs' key role in it. Could they now preserve the area and bring back its lost animals and plants?

• ISBN10: 1620143259
• ISBN13: 9781620143254
• Publish Date: 1 June 2016 (first published 15 April 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Lee & Low Books
• Format: eBook
• Language: English