Polar bears and the Arctic : a nonfiction companion to polar bears past bedtime
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439589670 (Paw Prints)
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Physical Description:
119 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
print - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, ©2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | "A Stepping Stone book." |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page 110) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Polar Bears and the Arctic -- The Arctic -- First People of the Arctic -- Arctic Animals -- Polar Bears -- Polar Bear Life -- The Arctic is Melting! -- Doing more Research -- Index. |
Target Audience Note: | RL: 4.1. 006-009. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning LG 4.6 1. |
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Subject: | Polar bear Arctic regions Juvenile literature Arctic regions Juvenile literature Polar bear Arctic regions Arctic regions Polar bear Arctic Regions |
Genre: | Juvenile works. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | J 599.786 OSB (Text) | 000135489 | Children's Library -- Nonfiction | Available | - |
Author Notes
Polar Bears and the Arctic : A Nonfiction Companion to Magic Tree House #12: Polar Bears Past Bedtime
Mary Pope Osborne was born in Fort Sill, Oklahoma on May 20, 1949. She grew up in a military family, and by the time she was 15 she had lived in Oklahoma, Austria, Florida, and four different army posts in Virginia and North Carolina. She attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she majored in religion. After graduation, she traveled around Europe and Asia. Before becoming an author, she worked as a window dresser, a medical assistant, a Russian travel consultant, a waitress, an acting teacher, a bartender, and an assistant editor for a children's magazine. Her first book, Run, Run as Fast as You Can, was published in 1982. She is the author of the Magic Tree House series and the Merlin Missions series. Her husband, actor Will Osborne, helps her write the nonfiction companion series, Magic Tree House Research Guides. Her other books include The Deadly Power of Medusa, Jason and the Argonauts, Haunted Waters, and Moonhorse. (Bowker Author Biography)