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At the Poles was an ode to wildlife in the Arctic through poetry. I loved the higher-level vocabulary used as much as the descriptions of the animals. This book would fit well on a writing unit for animal research and poetry. It would be excellent to comb through for words to use in a unit of vocabulary study in the upper Elementary grades. The backmatter gave a more traditional style of facts for follow-up or if the poem was unclear to younger readers. The illustrative style went well with the whimsical poetic words. Overall, this is a great book for readers who like artic animals, and poetry, and works well for several curriculum objectives with writing and vocabulary acquisition.