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Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed
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(first published October 2010)
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This book has many great features including the following:
Great organization: the book is easy to follow with a logical beginning with the race to the South Pole and the first discoveries to the implications of global warming in Antarctica and the possible repercussions world wide.
Great maps, as the author discusses various different expeditions and scientific studies going on across the continent, the maps help the reader visualize the different locations. (I like being able to put places and...more
Great organization: the book is easy to follow with a logical beginning with the race to the South Pole and the first discoveries to the implications of global warming in Antarctica and the possible repercussions world wide.
Great maps, as the author discusses various different expeditions and scientific studies going on across the continent, the maps help the reader visualize the different locations. (I like being able to put places and...more
This is one amazing science book! The first full page is a gorgeous image of the Earth from space... a familiar photo with a twist: looking from the bottom up, with Antarctica smack in the middle! Antarctica isn't just about frigid temperatures and penguins. Did you know that 90% of the Earth's fresh water supply is trapped in the ice covering the continent? Or that there are lakes below Antarctic glaciers that have temperatures of about 77 degrees near the bottom of the lake? How about this: th...more
We don't have enough books like this. Walker's lucid prose is used to excellent effect in FROZEN SECRETS: ANTARCTICA REVEALED, a mix of geology, physics, paleobiology, engineering and history. Children's science writing has an extreme bias toward biology (I am guilty of this, too). We do a half-decent job with space science and geology (thank you, astronauts and volcanoes!) but where are all the engineering books? Is there any area with such a yawning gap between importance to society and what w...more
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally M. Walker (Carolrhoda Books, 2010) is an in-depth look at some of the historical details, scientific research, and geological facts about the coldest and most uninhabited continent on earth. Interspersed among the thorough text are bright photographs, illustrations, and maps to further inform about the continent. Although the book is billed as a text for juveniles, probably middle school and older, I found the content to be fascinating and sophisticat...more
Place this one firmly in the YA category. Walker is probably best known for her Sibert Award winning novel Secrets of a Civil War Submarine. In this novel we learn about the work done by a variety of different scientists in Antarctica. We hear about how ice shelves are created. How scientists can find trapped air from hundreds of thousands of years ago. We see the very bedrock and see the dinosaurs that used to live on this land, back when it was attached to South America. We even see teens crea...more
Antarctica is a beautiful, fascinating place and this is a beautiful book, but I was irritated when the text started with a paean to Robert Falcon Scott and gave a mere nod to Roald Amundsen 13 pages later. I wondered how a nostalgic and Anglophilic view of the continent like that serves today's reader?
Thankfully, this book is jam packed with an organized hodgepodge of illustrated geologic and scientific information about Antarctica and the research taking place there. Much of it is informative...more
Thankfully, this book is jam packed with an organized hodgepodge of illustrated geologic and scientific information about Antarctica and the research taking place there. Much of it is informative...more
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Join Sally M. Walker as she explores both historical and modern-day scientific expeditions to Antarctica & examines what secrets might still be locked in the continent's icy cloak: secrets that might help scientists understand what the future holds for Earth and its changing climate.(Goodreads summary)
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally M. Walker is a detailed look at recent scientific exploration & research in Antarctica. Written at a middle grade/high school level, history, g...more
Frozen Secrets: Antarctica Revealed by Sally M. Walker is a detailed look at recent scientific exploration & research in Antarctica. Written at a middle grade/high school level, history, g...more
This was a stunning and informative book. Great for about 6th grade and up, but might work for younger kids as well if they are willing to work through the longer narrative sections. The pictures were amazing, and I learned so many new things about Antarctica. I'm trying to read more children's and teen nonfiction, and I'm glad I started with this.
This was a really interesting look at the history of Antarctica and how it is used today. Walker has done her research and the book is well written. The information is clearly presented in such a way that audiences of all ages will be enthralled to learn more about the secrets of Antarctica.
I bought this book at the 2011 ALA Midwinter Conference just because it was so beautiful. It's a great combination of nature photography and science for young people. My copy comes with a matching bookmark that says, "Studying Antarctica has never been for the fainthearted."
A very heavy dose of text, all of which is well-written and fascinating. Mostly illustrated with captioned photos, but some drawings and diagrams are included. This is an important topic to explore, and this resources is an outstanding way to do that.
This book is a great introduction to Antarctica. That place is so different from the rest of the world. I liked getting an overview of the science that is done there, and how Antarctica became as ice-bound as it currently is. I'm reading another book on the same subject, but I liked this one -- childrens book or not -- better in a lot of ways.
Absolutely fascinating. Every few pages revealed some cool fact that I just had to read out loud to my husband. Amazing information packed into a visually awesome book - even the cover and the title font choice are awesome! Can't recommend highly enough.
This was actually quite challenging - one has to really want to learn everything one can. Other reviews I'm sure cover the thoroughness, the pretty pictures, etc. - I just want to say one thing. Small font on blue-gray pictures does not make for easy reading! I read this in small batches and I still got a headache each time. If you ever design a book don't do that!
Aug 13, 2010
Edward Sullivan
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
young-adult-nonfiction,
children-s-nonfiction
See my forthcoming review in Kirkus.
Sometimes the material was really dense, but I think this is a very unique and interesting description of a very unique place and its history.
For Antarctica buffs! Pair with Shipwreck at the bottom of the world.
Combining great color photos with an engaging text and lots of fun facts about Antarctica, Sally M. Walker's latest book will be a hit with young explorers and environmentalists. More on the blog: http://www.abbythelibrarian.com/2010/...
3.5 stars - lots of information
Review at : Reality Rules
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Sally M. Walker has written science books for children, including Earthquakes, an NSTA/CBC Best Science Trade Book of 1997. She lives in DeKalb, IL.
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updated Sep 08, 2010 10:02am