Where Do Polar Bears Live? (Let's-Read-And-Find-Out Science 2) - Hardcover

Thomson, Sarah L

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0061575186 ISBN 13: 9780061575181

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2009

Synopsis

Where Do Polar Bears Live? The Arctic might be a bit too chilly for humans to live there, but it is the perfect home for polar bears. But the earth is getting warmer and the ice is melting. Where will the polar bears live? How can we help protect their home? This is a Stage 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. Let's-Read-And-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series. Supports the Common Core Learning Standards and Next Generation Science Standards

About this title

About the Author:

Sarah L. Thomson is the author of Stars and Stripes: The Story of the American Flag, a Nebraska Golden Sower Award finalist; all the Wildlife Conservation Society I Can Read Books, including Amazing Tigers!, winner of an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Seal Award; and What Lincoln Said, written with "admirable simplicity" (ALA Booklist). Sarah lives in Portland, Maine.

From the Back Cover:

Our world is getting warmer, and the polar ice caps are melting. A polar bear needs the ice to survive, but many scientists believe that climate change may make it impossible for polar bears to live in the wild as soon as 2020. Why is the ice melting? What can we do to protect the Arctic environment that is home to unique wildlife? Read and find out!

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0061575186
• ISBN 13: 9780061575181
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Chin Jason