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/> 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  Follett Library Resources  5-8  Follett Library Resources 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780375845109 (trade) 0375845100 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007043993 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Balloonists--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Balloonists--Fiction.<br/>Fantasy.<br/>Balloonists--Fiction.<br/>Fantasy fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Arctic regions--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Arctic regions--Fiction.<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]