Penguins and Polar Bears: Animals of the Ice and Snow by Sandra Lee Chow, Books For Young Explorers, National Geographic Society, Washington, DC, 1985
Photographs and text describe the life cycles and environment of these animals of the Antarctic and Arctic.
Nanuk: Lord of the Ice by Brian J. Heinz, paintings by Gregory Manchess, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, NY, 1998.
As a huge, hungry polar bear hunts seals and a walrus for food to keep himself alive, a young human (Inuk) boy starts to hunt for a bear to eat.
The Penguin Quartet by Peter Arrhenius, illustrated by Ingela Peterson, Carolrhoda Books, Inc., Minneapolis, MN,1998
In this funny story, first published in Sweden in 1996, four father penguins get tired of watching over their soon-to-be hatched eggs while the penguin mothers are away eating fish at sea so they form a jazz band and travel to New York to play at all the coolest clubs in Manhattan.
Polar Bears by Erika L. Shores, Bridgestone Books, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN,2006
A brief introduction to polar bears, discussing their characteristics, habitat, life cycle, and predators, it also provides a range map, many "amazing" facts about them, and a safe age appropriate, link to some Internet sites of interest.
Penguins! by Gail Gibbons, Holiday House, NY, 1998
An explanation of the habitat, physical characteristics, and behavior of diferent kinds of penguins.
Ice Bear and Little Fox by Jonathan London, paintings by Daniel San Souci, Dutton Children's Books, Penguin Putnam, Inc., New York, NY, 1998
This book follows the life of a polar bear and a little fox that follows the bear to live on the bear's leftovers, as they survive a year in the Arctic.
Antarctic Antics: A Book of Penguin Poems by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Jose Aruego & Ariane Dewey, Harcourt Brace & Co., San Diego, CA 1998
A collection of poems celebrating the habits and habitat of Emperor penguins.
Penguins by Claire Robinson, Heinemann Library, Crystal lake, IL 1997.
A discusion of the lives of penguins, particularly Emperor penguins, including where they live, what they eat, their mating habits, and parental behavior.
Polar Bears by Gail Gibbons, Holiday House, New York, NY,2001
Here is information about how polar bears swim and hunt, how they keep warm and dry, and the many other ways that they adapt to their environment.
My Season With Penguins: An Antarctic Journal by Sophie Webb, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA 2000
This book describes in words and watercolors the biologist, and artist, author's personal two month stay in Antarctica to study and draw penguins during one of her three trips there.
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