The Adventures of Runnel, the Ice Bear


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The magial adventures of five polar bear cubs, their famous uncle the North Polar Bear (Santa Claus' right hand bear) and a very special bear made entirely of ice called Runnel. He helps the cubs with Santa's presents, battles an evil snowman, saves the magic crystal that gives Santa his magic, and rescues the Children's World Christmas Choir from certain death in a blizzard. These timeless tales return the feeling of magic to the Christmas season and provides new, original stories to the legend of Santa Claus and kids' favorite holiday of all.




A Tundra Food Chain


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Describes food chains in the tundra, beginning with carnivores, such as a falcon or a polar bear, and ending with decomposers.




R. M. BALLANTYNE Ultimate Collection: 90+ Action & Adventure Classics


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This meticulously edited Ballantyne collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Novels: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Children's Books: Three Little Kittens The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Mister Fox The Life of a Ship My Mother Other Works: The Hudson's Bay Company Handbook to the new Goldfields Up in the Clouds: Balloon Voyages Man on the Ocean: A Book about Boats and Ships The Ocean and its Wonders Six Months at the Cape Battles with the Sea Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making







A Bear Grylls Adventure 7: The Volcano Challenge


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Are you ready for some real adventure? Join Chief Scout Bear Grylls on an exploding volcano . . . Charlie loves a challenge - he's addicted to video games and an expert at figuring our how to get to the next level. But sometimes the real world can seem a bit dull. Then he finds himself on the slopes of an active volcano, with red-hot lava heading his way! There's no time to be bored with Bear as his guide out of danger . . . Each book in this fun new 12-book series from BEAR GRYLLS follows a different child on an outdoor activity camp. Once they are given a magical compass, they meet the inspirational adventurer in an amazing place and learn new skills and facts they can take with them back to their real life.




McCall's


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Norway Travel Adventures


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On an international scale, Oslo is a pretty small capital but, with just over 500,000 people, it's Norway's biggest city by far. More than 10% of the country's total population lives here; if we count people in the entire Oslofjord area in the summertime, it amounts to one third of the population in Norway. What makes Oslo unique is its location. The Oslofjord links the city with the sea To The south. In the other three directions you find mountains, lakes and forests within easy reach from the city center. This means that wherever you are in Oslo you have natural beauty just around the corner. In the winter, you can go from the shopping areas downtown To The ski slopes in just 20 minutes. The summers offer even more opportunities as both Marka And The Oslofjord with its islands are popular destinations For The people of Oslo and its many visitors. Norway has a population of just over 41⁄2 million people and has one of the lowest population densities in Europe with 12 people per square km. Oslo, The capital and biggest city, has more than 500,000 inhabitants And The Oslofjord area is home to nearly one third of the nation's population if you count all the summer residents. Bergen is the second-biggest city in Norway with 230,000 people. Trondheim comes in third with 140,000.




Michigan Off the Beaten Path®, 10th


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Discover unexpected pleasures, whether they may be shipwrecks in Lake Michigan, homemade cheese made in a converted gas station, or the Be Good to Your Mother-in-Law Bridge, a favorite with newlyweds and married couples.




The Great Arctic Adventure


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Follow a stranded young photo journalist in Nome as she finds herself on a strange journey to the North Pole. Take a tour with her as the Poles secrets are revealed. What will Santas Chief Mail Clerk do? Losing a childs letter that held a very critical request is a terrible thing. Should the rules that protect Toyland be broken, risking banishment, while searching for the child? Will the dangerous trip south to locate the child and reveal the wish end in disaster? Is banishment the only thing left upon return to the Pole? Can the journalist learn the full story of one of Santas most heroic elves? Go on the trek into the unknown seeking the Cave of No Return and the elusive Arctic Spiritbut do they exist? Read The Great Arctic Adventure to find the answers to these questions and learn a little known fact about the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore.




Hunting and Adventure in the Arctic


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The story of his first voyage into arctic regions, of his adventures in the ice fields, and his hunting experiences with seal, walrus, polar bear, man-eating sharks, and whales.