Arctic Alphabet
Subtitle: Exploring the North From A to Z
Publisher: Firefly Books Ltd.
Published: September 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781552093344
Subjects: Natural history & pets; The environment; Nature; English language; Children: Grades 3-4; People & Places - Polar Regions; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction; Natural history; General; Concepts - Alphabet; Nature - General; Juvenile Nonfiction / Concepts / Alphabet; Alphabet; Arctic regions; Ecology; Juvenile literature
First sentence: On clear nights, the skies of the Arctic are sometimes filled with curtains and swirls of dancing light.
Description: World-class photographer and science writer Wayne Lynch takes us to one of his favorite parts of the world: the Arctic. Using a plant, an animal or a phenomenon for each letter of the alphabet, Lynch describes the unique ways in which systems for living differ where temperature and light can be amazingly extreme. But Lynch also dispels the myth of the Arctic as a perpetually frozen landscape by introducing us to the birds, mammals, insects and plant life that thrive in the short yet glorious sun-filled days of summer.
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