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Loony Little
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Loony Little (2003) (edit title/settings)

by Dianna Hutts Aston (Author) (edit contributors)

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"Aston overlays the Chicken Little tale with an environmental theme. . . . Murphy paints a wilderness worth preserving." — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY When a drop of water falls — plop! — on Loony Little’s head, she and her friends decide that they must bring this unfortunate news to the fearsome... read more

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On a cold summer night, when the Arctic sun was shinning brightly, a drop of water fell- 'plop'- on Loony Little's head.

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  • Common Loon: The common loon has a call that can sound like a wail, a laugh, or even a yodel. The loon is a skilled swimmer, diver and flier- however, because its webbed feet are close to its tail, it waddles on land by pushing itself along its chest.
  • Dovekie: These small birds are a favorite prey of Arctic foxes. During the summer, when the sun shines even at midnight, millions of dovekies swarm toward their nesting grounds, forming flttering blak ribbons that can stretch for miles over the waves.
  • Atlantic Puffin: A short-necked bird that spends most of its time on the sea, the puffin returns to land only to nest. Its beak becomes bright orange and yellow during mating season. Some puffins live to be forty years old.
  • ArcticHare: Arctic hares of the Far North keep their white coats year-round and travel in large herds. Their wide hind paws act as snowshoes so the hares can move quickly across the snow. The Arctic hare can hop away on two legs, as a kangaroo does.
  • Seal: The seal can hold its breath underwater for twenty minutes or more. When the seas freeze over in winter, seals make breathing holes in the ice. Polar bears often catch seals at or near the surface of their breathing holes.
  • Arctic Fox: An adult Arctic fox weighs about as much as a house cat, but its bushy coat- white in winter, brownsih gray in summer- makes it look much larger. Foxes follow polar bears and feed on their leftovers. They also eat small mammals, birds,and bird eggs.
  • Polar Bear: The largest, most pwerful hunter in the Arctic, the polar bear wandrs the polar ice, hunting seals, its favorite food. With its webbed front paws, the polar bear is also an excellant swimmer and can swim a distance of sixty miles in search of food.

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  1. Dianna Hutts Aston (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Kelly Murphy (Illustrator)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Candlewck Press
Country: Cambridge, MA., USA
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0763616826
Page Count: 34

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  • National Snow and Ice Data Center: We support research into our world's frozen realms: the snow, ice, glacier, frozen ground, and climate interactions that make up Earth's cryosphere. Scientific data, whether taken in the field or relayed from satellites orbiting Earth, form the foundation for the scientific research that informs the world about our planet and our climate systems.
  • Polar Science Center: The Polar Science Center (PSC) is a unit of the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington. Polar Science Center researchers observe and model the physical processes that control the nature and distribution of sea ice and polar ice sheets, the structure and movement of high-latitude oceans, and the interactions between air, sea, ice and biota. The Center has made major contributions to the understanding of how the arctic system has undergone important changes during the past four decades.

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Books with Additional Background Information edit see section history

   
  • Amazing Arctic Animals (All Aboard Science Reader)
  • A Complete Guide to Arctic Wildlife
  • Over in the Arctic
  • The Arctic Habitat
  • Way Up in the Arctic
  • Living in the Arctic (Rookie Read-About Geography)
  • In Arctic Waters
  • Arctic and Antarctic
  • Arctic Foxes (Polar Animals)

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