Having planted a vegetable garden near his isolated desert home, the elderly Alejandro notices the small desert animals who come to drink Water and Ocean Habitats in the furrows. Although the visit of these desert animals fills his loneliness, he thinks of the other larger desert animals. When he painstakingly builds a sheltered Water and Ocean Habitats hole further from his house as a gift to his desert friends, he is rewarded by the sounds of the animals that come to drink at the oasis. Beautifully illustrated with detailed Water and Ocean Habitatscolors of the desert landscape, flora and fauna, this book portrays an inspiring and moving response to one's natural surroundings. A glossary of desert animals complements the story.

Reviewed in Nature's Course (March/April 1997) published by CCEL.