Melting
Melting
Melting by
Julia Donaldson & Jessica Silvester-Yeo
First published 2019 by Walker Books Ltd, 87 Vauxhall Walk, London SE11 5HJ • Text © Julia Donaldson • Illustrations © Jessica Silvester-Yeo • The moral rights of the author and illustrator have been asserted • This book has been typeset in Roboto • Printed in Bath • All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, transmitted or stored in an information retrieval system in any form or by any means, graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, taping and recording without prior written permission from the publisher • British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data: a catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library • ISBN 978-1-2345-6789-0 • www.bathspa.ac.uk
Up in the north on a big slab of ice, lived a polar bear called Peter who was very nice. Peter lived with all of his friends on this sparkling land, They even starred in their own pop band. Each night they’d all watch the stars, And say “aren’t we lucky this is ours”
But that night as Peter watched the world, The ice he was on twisted and twirled.
With a massive crack, the ice he was on seperated from the rest of the pack. He tried to get back with all of his might, but his home disappeared into the night
Never before had Peter felt so alone, miles and miles away from the life he had known. The world suddenly felt large and scary, and far too big for someone so wary. Trying very hard not to cry, Peter focused on the stars in the sky.
Peter awoke to his little iceberg breaking more, worried it would all melt away he clung to the floor. Sure that nothing would make him feel happy again, he moped to himself when... Creatures Peter had only heard of before showed up, A whale, a seal and her pups.
Peter the polar bear lives with all of his friends in the Arctic, till one night the melting ice causes him to be on an iceberg drifting away from everything he knows. Can Peter find his way back home? With the help of some new friends he traces his way back to his home whilst learning about the heating icecaps.