"Freya, a penguin, and Zoose, a mouse, become friends while stowaways on Salomon August Andr?e's 1897 hot air balloon expedition to the North Pole"--Provided by publisher.
"This book is about a place on the northern part of the Earth, called the Arctic tundra. It is like a cold desert. Let's read to find out more"--Provided by publisher.
"In the Land of the Midnight Sun, Polar Bear's buddies make a flurry of party plans for her return. And, to her friends' delight, when she comes up the mountain again, Polar Bear brings two big surprises with her!"--Dust jacket.
Accompanied by her daemon, Lyra Belacqua sets out to prevent her best friend and other kidnapped children from becoming the subject of gruesome experiments in the Far North.
A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" in which Kotick tries to find a safe place for the seals so they can avoid the hunters.