A Walk on the Tundra


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"Inuujaq, a little girl who travels with her grandmother onto the tundra, soon learns that the tundra's colourful flowers, mosses, shrubs, and lichens are much more important to the Inuit than she originally believed. This informative story, which teaches the many uses for Arctic plants, also includes a field guide with photographs and scientific information about a wide array of plants found throughout the Arctic ecosystem."--




A Walk in the Tundra


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Take a walk on the tundra. In this cold, harsh biome on the top of the world, summer is short. How do plants and animals of the tundra live? Discover how they depend on each other for survival as you travel through this fascinating land.




Fishing with Grandma


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Grandma and the kids enjoy a day of jigging in the ice for fish.




A Walk on the Shoreline


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Young Nukappia can't wait to get out to his family campsite on the shoreline. After spending all year in the south with his adoptive parents, Nukappia always looks forward to his summer visits with his birth family. After spending one night in town, Nukappia and his uncle Angu begin the long walk down the shore to the family summer campsite, where all of Nukappia's cousins and aunts and uncles are waiting for him. Along the way, Nukappia learns that the shoreline is not just ice and rocks and water. There is an entire ecosystem of plants and animals that call the shoreline home. From seaweed to clams to char to shore grasses, there is far more to see along the shoreline than Nukappia ever imagined.




Wild Rescuers: Expedition on the Tundra


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A New York Times bestselling series! From StacyPlays, the YouTube sensation with over 2 million subscribers, comes the exhilarating third book in her Minecraft-inspired adventure series about a girl raised by wolves. Stacy always knew that the intelligent, playful wolves who raised her weren’t like other animals. Normal wolf packs don’t spend their time rescuing animals and caring for an orphaned girl. But lately, Stacy’s wolves have revealed to her just how special they are—supernaturally special. The wolves each have their own unique ability: they can breathe underwater, run at impossible speeds, heal wounds, and more. They’re extraordinary—but how did they get that way? Determined to uncover the truth, Stacy leads the pack north. But the harsh tundra biome pushes the pack to its limits. Can they survive long enough to discover the truth? And is Stacy prepared for what the truth actually is? Fans of Minecraft: The Crash and PopularMMOs Presents: A Hole New World will love this illustrated, action-packed series!




Tuktuk


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As the sun begins to set, arctic animals scurry to prepare for six months of darkness and cold. Tuktuk the collared lemming is almost ready for the long winter night – all he needs is warm fur to line his nest. When one furry kamik (boot) slips off an Inuit driver’s sled, Tuktuk is in luck! But as he drags it home, Putak the polar bear, Aput the arctic fox, and Masak the caribou eye this little lemming’s prize and want it for their own. Can Tuktuk outwit the other animals and convince them that one furry kamik is no good for anyone bigger than a lemming?




Justine McKeen, Walk the Talk


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Meet Justine McKeen. She's the Queen of Green! She talks a little too much, bosses a little too much and tells the truth, just not all at once. She's trying to save the planet, one person at a time, and when she decides to get something done, it's a lot of fun. In Justine McKeen, Walk the Talk, the second book in the Justine McKeen series, Justine decides there are too many cars idling in front of her school. So she comes up with a solution that should help keep the air cleaner. But she soon discovers not many adults trust her crazy ideas.




Plants on the Move


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A gorgeous, lyrical introduction to the idea that plants aren't as stationary as you might think. Watch out for those buttercup creepers! When you think of a plant, you don't think of how it moves. But the feathery seeds of the dandelion fly to other gardens, strawberry tendrils creep, and maple seeds spin. There are many different ways plants move, not only as they grow, but in their quest to reproduce: falling, clinging, floating, burrowing--even exploding! Fourteen plant journeys are chronicled, but more than sixty species are highlighed in Émilie Vast's fantastic and unique art style. Learn the scientific names for the different ways plants move.




Painted Skies


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Leslie and her friend, Oolipika learn about the northern lights.




In the Arctic


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From shortest to longest, deepest to tallest, and smallest to biggest, this new series uses varying degrees of comparison to encourage curious young explorers to take a closer look at the relationships of the flora, fauna, and landforms of six different biomes. I'm the Biggest! uses simple but dynamic language to place each ecosystem under investigation, peering through binoculars, under a microscope, or through a camera to study how the region's features affect its inhabitants, as well as how the inhabitants flourish within the environment. Striking photos aid in the books' visual appeal, while graphics and maps supply real-world examples of each ecosystem, encouraging readers to further explore the topic at hand. From shortest to longest and biggest to smallest, this ecosystem investigation uses varying degrees of comparison to take a closer look at the relationships of the Arctic's flora, fauna, and landforms.