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The Frozen Tundra

A Web of Life
by Philip Johansson
Published by: Enslow Publishers, Inc.
Reviewed by Carole Herdegen

Insofar as this book is one in the series, "A World of Biomes", I felt I must first explain the word "biome" - pronounced "by-ohm". It simply means an ecological community such as a rain forest, grassland, desert or Tundra.

This book, "The Frozen Tundra", begins with a brief introduction to polar bears. Then, the author takes his readers immediately into the Arctic Tundra, the biome that includes parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.

After explaining the Tundra's weather conditions and vegetation, next is a listing of all the animal and plant communities that exist in this relatively unknown region of the world.

An interesting element of this book for children is the explanation of what is termed the "food web". Basically, it is the flow of energy from the sun to plants to animals that feed upon plants (herbivores) to animals that feed upon other animals (carnivores) - the cycle of life in the frozen North.

As a former teacher of lower grades, I would highly recommend this book as a primer for all teachers who are attempting to expose younger children to what nature is like in the frozen Tundra because the contents are easy to follow, well defined and presented without complexity.

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