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• I love living in the Sonoran desert. Our home is at the foot of the Santa Catalina Mountains on the outskirts of Tucson. We have quite a few wild animals that live in or travel through our neighborhood: desert tortoises, coyotes, javelinas, black-tailed jackrabbits, screech owls, Sanborn's longnose bats, chuckwallas, spadefoot toads, rattlesnakes, mourning doves, Gila woodpeckers, cactus wrens, roadrunners, tarantulas, black widow spiders, and scorpions.
  
  
• I also love writing and reciting poetry. One of my favorite poetry books is Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman. Like Mr. Fleischman's poems, my Desert Duets were written to be read by two or more voices.
  
  
• "Desert Lowriders" has been color-coded to facilitate collaborative reading. One person reads the words on the left side (blue text) and one person reads the words on the right (red text). The words that are on the same line (black text) are to be read by both voices at the same time. Students should start by reading the title together. (They may have to practice a couple times before it sings!) Click on the title, "Desert Lowriders," to see the poem. The poem will print out on two pages.

Last updated: 1 March 2008

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