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North Pole / South Pole

From Pole to Pole: a Flip Book
By Michael Bright
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North Pole / South Pole by Michael Bright offers young readers an engaging exploration of the earth's polar regions. Through vibrant illustrations and accessible text, the book delves into the contrasting worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic, highlighting the fascinating wildlife and environmental challenges facing these extreme environments. It's an educational journey that captivates children’s curiosity about these unique and remote places.
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You might enjoy this children's book if you're curious about the fascinating contrasts and similarities between the Arctic and Antarctic regions. It will appeal to those interested in understanding the unique wildlife, environment, and the compelling science behind these polar opposites. Ideal for young explorers, it presents engaging facts that spark wonder about the world's most extreme locations.

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A beautifully illustrated guide with a fun and innovative flip book format that allows the reader to explore and compare the two Poles.

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Fully illustrated and featuring a fun and innovative flip-book format, North Pole / South Pole provides the perfect way to explore and compare the extreme environments of the two Poles.

Take a trip to the ends of the earth and discover the extreme environments of the North and South Poles. Find out which animals live where, what the weather and climate are like, and the effect global warming is having.

Beginning with the North Pole, the book introduces the geography and climate of the Arctic. Readers will discover how climate change is affecting sea ice and why multi-year ice is so important to walruses and polar bears. Find out what ice floes are and what lives under the ice. The many uses of the Arctic are explained, from the home it provides to whale hunters to the rocket and missile test sites it houses.

Then, flip the book over and you arrive in the South Pole... The famous race to reach the Pole in 1911 is retold, and readers will discover why the orca is the ultimate polar predator. The huge tabular icebergs, sub-glacial lakes, and ice chimneys of the Antarctic are brought to life in all their impressive glory, not to mention the sea spiders, death star starfish, and other undersea giants!

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iNorth Pole / South Pole by Michael Bright is praised as an informative and thought-provoking introduction to the polar regions, being highly recommended in children's literature on the subject.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711254725

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 September 2020

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: words & pictures

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Nic Jones

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Width: 235.0mm

Height: 296.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 64

Collections

Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Education & Reference Michael Bright Science & Nature

About the Author

Michael Bright is an executive producer with the BBC Natural History Unit, based in Bristol. He has been a producer in many parts of the BBC, including departments responsible for science, arts, general documentaries, current affairs and natural history programmes, both on radio and television, and was a recipient of the prestigious Prix Italia for the programme Men, Nations and Whales: Will the Bloody Story Ever End? He is a graduate of the University of London and author of over 60 books on natural history, natural sciences, conservation and the environment, including Andes to Amazon: A Guide to Wild South America.

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