Part fiction, part fact, this work starts with a short story. Esi is careless about turning off taps. To show her how precious water is, Esi's mother tells her the story of Iddi, who wanted to find the greatest treasure in the world, expecting it to be jewels but finding it to be water. The accompanying fact file on deserts looks at desert environments, showing how important water is to living things, and how plants and animals adapt to a life with very little water.

 

This book is part of a book series called Living Earth .

This book is aimed at children in primary school. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read. This reading scheme has multiple levels.

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Macmillan Education .

Terry Jennings is a Full-time freelance author and photographer. He specialises in factual books for children and teachers.

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 "The greatest treasure". Part 2 Fact file - deserts: what are deserts?; water for life; desert for life; desert animals; desert plants; things to do.