Books like Islands of ice by Kathleen M. Hollenbeck

Sammy the seal leaves his zoo home, explores the city, attends school, and makes new friends—only to discover that no place feels quite as good as home.

When goblins break the enchanted conch shell, Amelie the Seal Fairy must track the seven lost sea‑creature friends—starting with Silky the seal—to restore safety to the ocean.

Finn rescues a seal from a net, hoping it can live with humans, only to discover a mysterious girl and a magical selkie among the cannery folk, while the secret cove’s seal songs echo its haunting truth.

When five pioneering brothers arrive in Hawaii, the youngest, Manu, finds purpose by rescuing a mystical sea creature he names Dog‑of‑the‑Sea‑Waves, forging a bond that illuminates the islands' natural wonders.

Zoe, owner of the Rescue Zoo, must save the facility from closing to protect her seal pup friend Star from becoming homeless.

During a secret Arctic experiment, a team of scientists becomes trapped on a drifting iceberg with a massive explosive charge and must survive brutal elements while uncovering a murderer among them.

Birdy rescues Matthew from his orphan master and discovers that he has a voice of priceless beauty that eventually causes his mysterious disappearance. Will Birdy be able to save him?

Barry Holstun Lopez: “Arctic Dreams; Imagination and Desire in a Northern Landscape” ( 1986) This is an account of the author's exploration of the Western Arctic region, between Bering Strait and Davis Strait. It is an account both of the natural history of the Arctic, and equally of how the Arctic grips the human spirit and imagination. The chapters are rich in their descriptions of the Arctic –of the physical land itself, the native peoples that the author met, the Arctic animals and plants, both terrestrial and aquatic, the ice and the Arctic light that make the region so distinctly different from the temperate and tropical parts of Earth. But Lopez also gives us a sense of how the Arctic fascinates the mind and spirit – through his own personal experiences and through the history of the Arctic - both of the native peoples and the discovery expeditions.

A gripping adventure where two siblings discover survival secrets amid a frozen Arctic expedition.

A Treasury of Syd Hoff’s Popular Children's Stories