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One Day In The Alpine Tundra

One Day In The Alpine Tundra
By Jean C George

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"The Teton mountain range of Wyoming is the setting for this lightly fictionalized treatment, which perceptively describes the mammals, plants, climate, and geological features unique to the area directly above a mountain tree line. Detailed drawings are as informative as the text."—BL. "A meaningful, meaty presentation."—K.

Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children 1984 (NSTA/CBC)


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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #1535835 in Books
  • Published on: 1995-12-15
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 64 pages

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Relates a boy's adventure when he is alone on the alpine tundra on a stormy day.

About the Author

Jean Craighead George is the author of over eighty books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and her novel My Side of the Mountain was a Newbery Honor Book in 1960. She has continued to write acclaimed picture books and novels that celebrate the natural world. She lives in Chappaqua, New York, and has had over 173 pets in the time she has lived there, among them geese and ducks.