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Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Admiral Robert E. Peary's Daring Daughter

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3.4 out of 5
Based on 28 Ratings and 15 Reviews

Book Description
Born in a two-room, tar paper-covered house in the far north of Greenland, Marie Ahnighito Peary was destined to have an exciting childhood. Her parents, the famous explorer Robert E. Peary and Josephine Peary, had shocked Victorian society by starting their family so far away from "civilization." Fair-skinned children were so rare in the far North that the local Inuit called Marie "Snow Baby." Gr... More
Book Information
PublisherHoliday House
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages48
ISBN-100823419738
ISBN-13978-0823419739
Publication Date02/28/2007
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About Katherine Kirkpatrick (Author) : Katherine Kirkpatrick is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Katherine Kirkpatrick include The Snow Baby: The Arctic Childhood of Robert E. P... more
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