Many different animals live in the cactus hotel. It protects them; and they protect it, by eating the pests that could harm the cactus. The cactus grows larger and larger and will live for about two hundred years. When one animal moves out, another moves in. There is never a vacancy in the cactus hotel. This story - about a desert, a giant cactus, and the animals who live in it - is one that even the youngest child will understand and enjoy. Simplified text and new illustrations will allow a new generation of little ones to become immersed in this board book about desert wildlife.