Pullman, Philip,  1946- <br/><br/>
Once upon a time in the North / 
Philip Pullman ; engravings by John Lawrence. 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York :  A. Knopf,  c2008. 
 - 95 p. :  ill. ;  18 cm. 
 - His dark materials .
 - Pullman, Philip,  1946-  His dark materials. .
<br/><br/> "A David Fickling book."  Prequel to: The golden compass.  Includes a board game 'Peril of the pole' in envelope attached to back cover. 
<br/><br/> School Library Journal, August 2008  Booklist starred, May 2008  Publisher's Weekly, February 2008  Horn Book, May 2008  Bulletin (Center for Children's books), June 2008  Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), April 2008  Kirkus Review, April 2008  Library Media Connection, October 2008 
<br/><br/> In a time before Lyra Silvertongue was born, the tough American balloonist Lee Scoresby and the great armoured bear Iorek Byrnison meet when Lee and his hare daemon Hester crash-land their trading balloon onto a port in the far Arctic North and find themselves right in the middle of a political powder keg.  Includes illustrations and a board game. 
<br/><br/> 7.7  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375845100 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Balloonists--Fiction.<br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PZ7.P968  / On 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>[Fic]