Theme: Arctic

North

By Book Importer | Published: November 21, 2011

Come along on an extraordinary wildlife adventure! Every spring, millions of animals, including gray whales, white cranes, wolves, and caribou, set off from around the world on a long journey north.  Follow them as they fly, swim, or walk hundreds, even thousands, of miles to the Arctic, where they’ll feed and breed all summer. Combining [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), International, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Ookpik: The Travels of a Snowy Owl

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Here is the story of one snowy owl’s first year and its struggle to survive. Fed by his parents, Ookpik, which means snowy owl in the Inuit language, grows quickly in the short Arctic summer. By autumn he has learned to hunt on his own, but prey is scarce on the tundra that year. The [...]

Descriptors: Intermediate (ages 9-14), Nonfiction, Picture Book » Other Themes: , , , , , » Leave a comment

Charlie And Lola: Snow Is My Favorite And My Best (Charlie & Lola)

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

The weatherman has predicted snow, and Lola absolutely cannot wait. She just loves snow. “Why can’t it be winter ALL the time?” she asks her brother. But on an adventure to the Arctic, Charlie shows Lola why never-ending snow might not be so perfect for kids. How could Lola go swimming or wear her favorite [...]

Descriptors: Database » Other Themes: , , , , , , » Leave a comment

The Three Snow Bears

By Yoo Kyung Sung | Published: December 1, 2008

Aloo-ki glances up from fishing and sees her sled dogs floating off on an ice floe. She races after them and comes upon an igloo. Being a curious girl, she goes inside only to find no one home. That’s because the polar bear family who lives there is out walking while their breakfast cools off. [...]

Descriptors: Database » Other Themes: , , , , , , , , , , , » Leave a comment

First Light

By Rebecca Ballenger | Published: October 29, 2008

Peter is thrilled to join his parents on an expedition to Greenland, where his father studies global warming. Peter will get to skip school, drive a dogsled, and–finally–share in his dad’s adventures. But on the ice cap, Peter struggles to understand a series of visions that both frighten and entice him. Thea has never seen [...]

Descriptors: Fantasy, Greenland, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Mystery » Other Themes: , , , , » Leave a comment

The Girl With The Broken Wing

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

Twins James and Amanda are baffled as to why a girl with a broken wing shows up outside their attic window one night, demanding to be let in and then not leaving except to cause trouble, until one day her purpose becomes clear.

Descriptors: England (UK), Europe, Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14) » Other Themes: , » Comments closed

Chingis Khan

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

A biography of the Mongol leader and military strategist who, at the height of his power, was supreme master of the largest empire ever created in the lifetime of one man.

Descriptors: Asia, Biography, Mongolia, Primary (ages 6-9) » Other Themes: » Comments closed

Flower

By Kathy G. Short | Published: March 14, 2007

When thirteen-year-old Katie learns that her stepmother is pregnant, she spends the summer at her grandparents’ Victorian home brooding, until the presence of an old-fashioned girl on her bedroom wall shares secrets of the real meaning of family.

Descriptors: Americas, Canada, Historical Fiction, Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: » Comments closed