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"The polar regions are very cold and very windy. There is snow and ice everywhere, but I love my home. My feet help me walk on the slippery ice, but I am not a penguin. My thick fur keeps me warm but I am not an Arctic fox. What animal am I? Read the clues and guess!"--
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"At opposite ends of the Earth, the polar regions could not be farther apart. And yet the animals who live in the Arctic and Antarctica have a lot in common. They have adapted to live in the world's harshest environments, surviving extreme cold and continuous days of darkness. In this beautiful book, author L.E. Carmichael and illustrator Byron Eggenschwiler take readers on a journey to explore the animal adaptions that make life possible in these...
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Do you have what it takes to survive in some of the world's coldest places? Imagine yourself stranded on a frigid mountain with no shelter and nothing but snow and rocks in every direction. Or think about dangling by a few thin strips of leather over a black Antarctic chasm. In icy situations like these, only the smartest and luckiest live to tell the tales. --Publishers description from Amazon.com.
10) Polar worlds
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"INsiders brings the polar worlds to life, with the most up-to-date information and state-of-the-art 3-D illustrations that practically leap off every page, stimulating minds and imaginations in a whole new way."--Cover back.
12) Polar opposites
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Ambrose, a polar bear, and Zina, a penguin, are very different but they can still find ways to meet in the middle.
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"Turtles are found on every continent EXCEPT Antarctica. But not for long! When a David Attenborough-esque narrator explains that turtles are found everywhere except Antarctica, one determined turtle sets out to prove him wrong. After recruiting other non-Antarctic animals along the way--much to the narrator's dismay--the turtle and his adventurous friends travel through fields, forests, and cross an entire ocean to reach their goal. But what exactly...
14) Frozen planet
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The Arctic and Antarctic remain the greatest wildernesses on Earth. The scale and beauty of the scenery and the sheer power of the elements, the weather, the rough ocean and the ice, is unmatched anywhere else on our planet. tells the compelling story of animals such as the wandering albatross, the adelie penguin and the polar bear, and paints a portrait that will take your breath away, at a moment when, melting fast, the frozen regions of our planet...
15) Frozen worlds
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Explore arctic environments, polar landscapes, animals, and people in and around the North and South Poles.
16) Polar explorer
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Polar Explorer is an inspiring and empowering story by sixteen-year-old Jade Hameister, chronicling her feat of being the youngest person to complete the Polar Hat Trick.
17) At the poles
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Examines the challenges scientists face while studying the polar regions and reasons why the work is important, and discusses living conditions, survival techniques, and the technology they use.
18) Polar lands
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This book describes the life cycles of 11 amazing animals, how they live and reproduce and how they link with other creatures in food chains and food webs.