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Each season, as the ever-thinning Arctic ice recedes, polar bears face a daunting challenge; Grizzly bears in British Columbia must use ingenuity and fancy footwork to collect their catch; The annual rains of the Serengeti draw in the greatest concentration of large animals on Earth; Each year, billions of sardines flood South Africa's east coast creating an action-packed feeding frenzy; Thousands of animals make the long trek toward the life saving annual flood of Botswana's Okavango Delta; The annual plankton boom of Alaska's coastal waters attracts humpback whales and sea lions, who must avoid predatory killer whales.
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LibraryThing member AprilBrown
This book covers the six story television series in far greater depth with fascinating facts and pictures.
Is the story as good as I remember? – Yes
What ages would I recommend it too? – Toddlers and older. The pictures are fascinating to any age, and can be treated like a bedtime
Length? – At 315 pages, each segment is about 26 pages long, an hour or so read per night.
Characters? – Memorable, several characters.
Setting? – Ocean, desert, polar regions.
Written approximately? – 2007.
Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – You wonder what will happen next on the planet. Will these same events be viewable in ten years, and how will they change?
Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? This book is written with British spelling and measurements. While this may not be too confusing in fiction, where measurements occur less often, lengths in feet and miles in this book can become confused to the reader. Often, you have to stop, go back, and re-read a sentence leaving out the first measurement for the one in parenthesis.
Short storyline: Each segment follows the film team of each particular show. My favorite by far is "The Great Plains," with the story of the desert antelope and the elephants. The Ice stories could be refreshing in summer for those who like icy stories.
Is the story as good as I remember? – Yes
What ages would I recommend it too? – Toddlers and older. The pictures are fascinating to any age, and can be treated like a bedtime
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storybook.Length? – At 315 pages, each segment is about 26 pages long, an hour or so read per night.
Characters? – Memorable, several characters.
Setting? – Ocean, desert, polar regions.
Written approximately? – 2007.
Does the story leave questions in the readers mind? – You wonder what will happen next on the planet. Will these same events be viewable in ten years, and how will they change?
Any issues the author (or a more recent publisher) should cover? This book is written with British spelling and measurements. While this may not be too confusing in fiction, where measurements occur less often, lengths in feet and miles in this book can become confused to the reader. Often, you have to stop, go back, and re-read a sentence leaving out the first measurement for the one in parenthesis.
Short storyline: Each segment follows the film team of each particular show. My favorite by far is "The Great Plains," with the story of the desert antelope and the elephants. The Ice stories could be refreshing in summer for those who like icy stories.
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