title: Deserts and Jungles (Child's Guide)
author:  Michael W. Carroll 
description: Michael Carroll is a science journalist who has written for such magazines as Popular Science, Astronomy, and Sky and Telescope. As an astronomical artist, Mr. Carroll has done commissioned work for NASA and his paintings have aired on "NOVA," "COSMOS," and other TV specials.
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  [Title Page](part0002.html#1T140-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [Copyright Page](part0003.html#2RHM0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [Epigraph](part0004.html#3Q280-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
    
  
  
  [CHAPTER ONE - Blue Tub in a Green
  Desert](part0005.html#4OIQ0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER TWO - Baby Brother, Baby
  Sister](part0006.html#5N3C0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER THREE - Michael the
  Mogul](part0007.html#6LJU0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FOUR - Happy Birthday
  Boys](part0008.html#7K4G0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER FIVE - Shell
  Game](part0009.html#8IL20-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER SIX - “Unnecessary
  Emotion”](part0010.html#9H5K0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER SEVEN - Action](part0011.html#AFM60-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER EIGHT - A Set of
  Keys](part0012.html#BE6O0-827c51f8b5cd4ad1bb5c9c775f260c7d)
  
  
  [CHAPTER NINE -
  