Saturday, January 1, 2011

Our Arctic and Polar Bear Books


I know there is a plethora of books available for an Arctic and Polar Bear theme (our focus was polar bears), but these are the ones I chose from what was available from our library. I've included affiliate links to Amazon below.  I appreciate the readers who use those links to make purchases.  Thank you!



 (A story in rhyme which we also read last year.  Good to learn different animal names.)

 (Great look at different inuksuks and different Inuit words.)

 (Nice photos. Text good. It didn't get good reviews on Amazon though.)

Arctic Tundra
(One Small Square Books)
(added 12/2013: This book was too detailed when we did the Arctic Unit, but I do like these books a lot for learning about habitats.  The Heart of Dakota curriculum uses them.)

(Love this fiction book about the community life through a year in the Arctic.  Bear did too.)

Arctic Community by Bobbie Kalman
(A bit long and dry for a three year old so I read it first to myself and then just talked about the photos which she enjoyed seeing,)


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7 comments:

  1. Natalie PlanetSmartyJanuary 1, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Great choices and thanks for joining WMCIR! I'll have to see if I can get Arctic Son. Our books didn't overlap a lot this time, and I plan to post mine on Wednesday.

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  2. ChristineJanuary 2, 2011 at 8:08 PM

    The Very Last First Time is a very good one set in the arctic, it's a FIAR book.

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  3. The girl who painted treesJanuary 2, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    Thank you Christine. And we own that one. I just need to find it! It's probably in a box.

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  4. Tracey M.January 2, 2011 at 9:36 PM

    Although this isn't for your 3-year-old's age group, your post made me think of the Julie of the Wolves series that I read for myself a few years ago. Some day I will love sharing it with my son, but if you haven't read the series you may like them.

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  5. The girl who painted treesJanuary 2, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    I have read the first book and remember enjoying it. But as you said, definitely not for a three year old:) I'm sure they will enjoy it later though. Thank you for reminding me of it.

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  6. AprilJanuary 2, 2011 at 10:11 PM

    These look like great books! We read Way up in the Artic and she liked it. We had previously read another book in the same series about the ocean and my daughter liked it.

    I am reading Julie of the Wolves right now! To myself, not to my daughter. I like on page 5 or something like that. lol.

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  7. Jackie HigginsJanuary 5, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    This is a great list. I really want to try Artic Son. I love Jean Craighead George. Thanks for the suggestions.

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