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"This Level 2 reader features popular and lesser-known animal species that call the ice-covered Arctic home, including hares and ptarmigans, arctic foxes, wolves, gulls, and seals. Living on land, in the ocean, or on the coasts, these animals have clever ways to survive. Engaging photos that show the animals in their habitat add context and making learning fun. Level 2 text provides accessible yet wide-ranging information for kids ready to read on...
5) Ice whale
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In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whalebeing born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, for as long as it lives.
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A polar bear waits patiently for spring when the ice breaks up, but after months of hunting, paddling, and resting on ice floes, summer ends and the bear must swim very far to find land. Includes facts about polar bears and the effect of climate change on their environment.
15) Sweetest Kulu
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"This beautiful bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little "Kulu," an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this visually stunning book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants."--...
17) Arctic song
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Bewitched by the raven's description of whalesong, two polar bear cubs go in search of the whales, encountering caribou, a walrus, and other animals on the way. Includes a factual page about life in the Arctic.