Answer:
I am a small paradise surrounded by dryness and heat. What am I?
I help you carry your books.
I am an insect and the first part of my name is the name of another insect. What am I?
I suck.
You write on me and secrets I can keep. In places never seen. I spin like a top. Though stiff as a board I'm often described like a mop.
Give it food and it will live, give it water and it will die.