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"A glacier may look forbidding and empty, but it provides a rich habitat for animals from the mountains to the sea. As the world's glaciers melt, their disappearance impacts not only the wildlife that calls them home, but also all life on earth. Back matter includes a glossary and an author's note about climate change"--
3) Glaciers
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English
Description
Put on your coat and get ready to explore glaciers. These massive ice sheets cover about one-tenth of Earth's surface. Full of leveled text and crisp photos, this title helps young readers understand how glaciers form, what plants and animals live there, and how human activities impact glaciers. Special features highlight examples of famous glaciers, diagram their formation, and summarize the impact on these important landforms.
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English
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"Meltdown is an illustrated, middle-grade science book that tells the story of glaciers--the ancient, frozen landforms that are essential for the health of the planet. But all is not well: The glaciers are melting, faster and faster every year, and their disappearance will fundamentally change the world as we know it. Through immersive text, and rich, realistic illustrations, readers will learn what glaciers are, how they form, and about the vital...
8) Iceberg
Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"Using lyrical text and stunning illustrations, this fascinating nonfiction picture book follows an iceberg's lifecycle as it shears from a glacier and begins a journey that takes it through Antarctica's seasons"--
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2012]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows acclaimed mountaineer Ruedi Beglinger, who lives with his wife and two young daughters on a remote glacier in the mountains of British Columbia. Beglinger has built a reputation as one of the top ski mountaineering guides in the world. Viewers follow his family's unique life off the grid and their journey in the years following a devastating avalanche that killed seven people.
10) Angela's glacier
Author
Publisher
Neal Porter Books / Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"A girl grows up visiting Snafellsjökull, the glacier near her home, but when preteen life throws her off-center she must reconnect with her icy old friend"--
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