Ulaq and the northern lights / Harriet Peck Taylor.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998.Edition: 1st edDescription: [32] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: - 0374380635
- [E] 21
- PZ7.T2135 Ul 1998
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Natural World | Taylor, Harriet Peck | Available | 33111002831739 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Ulaq, an arctic fox, is enchanted by the northern lights. So are his friends Seal, Wolf, Polar Bear, Caribou, Rabbit, & Snowy Owl. But just what are those glowing bands of color? Ulaq travels across the tundra to find out, & discovers that everyone sees them differently. To Seal, they look like the sun shining on the backs of huge schools of fish. To Wolf, they're the campfires of distant hunters. To Caribou, they're swaying ghosts. Ultimately, Ulaq decides that the northern lights were put in the sky simply to light up the long, dark night with their magic & beauty. Glowing batiks capture all the wonder of the aurora borealis, & an author's note includes the scientific explanation of this amazing natural phenomenon.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [32]).
A curious young fox hears different explanations of the northern lights from the various animals he encounters.