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1) Fire star
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
While on a research trip to the Arctic, Chris begins writing a story about bears, dragons and a mysterious fire star, only to realize that his tale is coming alive and is populated by an old adversary out to destroy his world forever.
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
As the weather grows wilder and the ice caps melt, Arctic bears starve, dragons awake, the earth goddess Gaia becomes restless, and Alexa, the daughter of best-selling author David Rain, uses her special abilities in an attempt to save the world from the forces of evil.
6) Icefire
Author
Series
Last dragon chronicles volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
While researching the existence of dragons for an essay that could win him a trip to the Arctic, David opens himself to the possibility that a great, ancient treasure exists there, guarded by bears, and that he has some role in its protection.
11) Nat the narwhal
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nat is a curious young narwhal who is annoyed by his ever-growing tusk. He wonders why he has a tusk at all. In pursuit of an answer, Nat sets off on an adventure with his friend Belora, a beluga whale. The two friends travel through channels in arctic ice to find someone who should know something about tusks--a walrus. This imaginative story of adventure and identity will allow readers to learn how to ask questions, look for answers, and stay curious....
13) Ordinary wolves
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
A white boy transplanted from Chicago to the Arctic tundra of Alaska finds himself struggling to adapt to his new home, where he must learn to hunt, fish, and live off the land, separated from the constant call of consumer culture.
14) Far Arden
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Meet Army Shanks - crusty old sea dog and legendary brawler of the high Arctic seas! He's got just one mission: to find the mythical island paradise known as Far Arden, which lies hidden (so they say) in the wintry oceans of the far North. But there's more than just water standing between Shanks and his goal: he'll have to contend with circus performers, adorable orphans, heinous villains, bitter ex-lovers, well-meaning undergraduates, and the full...
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 12
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to the Arctic, where a polar bear leads them onto very thin ice.
18) Ice whale
Author
Language
English
Description
In 1848, ten-year-old Toozak, a Yupik Eskimo, sees a whale being born and is told by a shaman that he and his descendants must protect that whale, which Toozak names Siku, as long as it lives.
19) Sweetest Kulu
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This beautiful bedtime poem, written by acclaimed Inuit throat singer Celina Kalluk, describes the gifts given to a newborn baby by all the animals of the Arctic. Lyrically and tenderly told by a mother speaking to her own little "Kulu," an Inuktitut term of endearment often bestowed upon babies and young children, this visually stunning book is infused with the traditional Inuit values of love and respect for the land and its animal inhabitants"--...
20) Immi's gift
Author
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Day after day in the frozen north, a young Inuit girl catches brightly-colored objects while ice fishing and uses them to decorate her igloo, until the ice begins to melt and she drops in a gift of her own before leaving for the season.
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