Ice Is Nice! All About the North and South Poles

Whatpurrrfecttiming! Fall 2010 marks the launch of the new PBS Kids television showThe Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!-an animated preschool science program based on the Cat in the Hatrs"s Learning Library book series-and to celebrate, wers"re coating the cover of our new Learning Library bookIce Is Nice!with a shimmery finish! In this latest installment of the bestselling series, the Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick to visit the North and South Poles, where they mingle with native animals-reindeer, musk oxen, polar bears, caribou, and all sorts of penguins. They discover how the animals stay warm in the freezing cold, learn why itrs"s colder at the South Pole than at the North Pole, find out that one pole is located on land and the other isnrs"t, and learn that scientists are studying climate change to keep both poles icy cold. This is the perfect book to curl up with on a cold winterrs"s day-made even more perfect with a glistening cover! From the Hardcover edition.

Bonnie Worth is the author of countless books for young readers, among them the Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library books If I Ran the Rain Forest, A Great Day for Pup, Oh Say Can You Seed? (winner of the 2003 Ohio Farm Bureau Award for Children’s Literature), There’s No Place Like Space!, Wish for a Fish, Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?, and Would You Rather Be a Pollywog?