Who Needs a Prairie?

Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out

• How wild and rugged prairies become grasslands
• Why prairie inhabitants depend on each other and their surroundings
• What wildlife and plants thrive in large open spaces
• How seasons and weather conditions affect life on the prairies
• How fire restores the land
• What life is like on the Great Plains
• How a food chain forms
• How some prairie plants protect the land
• Why we need prairies