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Series: Tiny Habitats
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Discover how melting pack ice transforms into an island paradise in this new book in an illuminating nonfiction picture book series that explores how even the smallest habitats play big roles in nature. Behold! The coldest place on Earth! Where the wind whistles across the wintery...
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Discover how melting pack ice transforms into an island paradise in this new book in an illuminating nonfiction picture book series that explores how even the smallest habitats play big roles in nature.
Behold! The coldest place on Earth! Where the wind whistles across the wintery seascape, and the ocean is covered in a thick sheet of ice, till the sun returns and melts the ice… and shines light down into the ocean’s depths, creating a pack ice paradise.
It’s time for some fun in the sun in the unlikeliest of places… Antarctica! During the dark winter season on this freezing continent, pack ice covers the ocean. But when summer returns, the sun shines on the ocean’s surface, gradually melting the pack ice and opening passageways into the water. And then the pack ice paradise party begins, attracting all types of life, from tiny phytoplankton and krill to massive orcas and humpback whales—and, of course, penguins, seals, and sea birds galore.
With snappy, funny text and frosty illustrations, this book invites curious readers to explore a tiny habitat that pops up as winter melts into summer.
Series: Tiny Habitats
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Pre-orderPack Ice Paradise
Discover how melting pack ice transforms into an island paradise in this new book in an illuminating nonfiction picture book series that explores how even the smallest habitats play big roles in nature. Behold! The coldest place on Earth! Where the wind whistles across the wintery seascape, and the ocean is covered in a thick sheet of ice, till the...Hardback$3500Unit price /UnavailableOut 29 Sep 2026Pre-order
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781665962698
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 22 September 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: Beach Lane Books
Illustration: f-c jkt (coated; fx: spot gloss UV, emboss on matte)+int. ill. (uncoated); digital
Contributors:
- Illustrated by Amy Hevron
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 4.0mm
Width: 210.0mm
Height: 279.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 48
About the Author
Amy Hevron is an illustrator, graphic designer, and children’s book author who lives in Seattle. She is the illustrator of several children’s books including The Tide Pool Waits by Candace Fleming, Tree Hole Homes by Melissa Stewart, and Can You Hug a Forest? by Frances Gilbert, as well as her own Tiny Habitats series, Dust Bunny Wants a Friend, and The Longest Journey: An Arctic Tern’s Migration. Visit her at AmyHevron.com.
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