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Take a fun-filled trip around Alaska with Pete and his dog, Larry – cruising through the Inside Passage, stopping in Juneau and Skagway, watching glaciers crash into the bay. But Larry gets separated from Pete, and hops into a seaplane. Looking for Pete, Larry meets a polar bear, team of sled dogs, a Kodiak bear, and explores the Alaskan wilderness. (Picture book)
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Molly, an Alaska Native girl, and her family are off to pick blueberries (jak). Mosquitos are fierce today, but they make bug repellent from plants growing in the meadow. Plus tips for berry-picking. (Easy reader)
More Molly's adventures in Alaska: Party Moose, and Molly's Awesome Alaska Guide.
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When all was the world was in darkness, clever Raven stole the sun and gave it to the people. Raven flies to the shining house of the Sky Chief and tricks him into showing where the ball of light is hidden. Beautifully told, with fabulous illustrations. (Picture book)
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A totem pole magically comes to life. Grizzly Bear, Beaver, Frog, and Raven are happy to get down and run around. But when first light of dawn appears, the animals have to reassemble themselves in the right order on the totem pole. Can wise Raven sort things out? (Picture book)
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"What if I put salmon in your parka, ermine in your mittens, and lemmings in your mukluks?" An Inuit mother tells her daughter how she'll care for her, teach her, and how much she loves her. Watercolor illustrations of Arctic life glow on each page. (Picture book)
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Jack and Annie are whirled back in time to Nome, winter 1925. The town and school are closed, due to a diptheria epidemic. Kids are sick, serum is needed to save their lives, but a blizzard is coming. Jack and Annie (with magic musher skills) take out a team of sled dogs to get the medicine. (Easy reader)
Also, non-fiction: Balto and the Great Race
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Drama and details of the 1925 relay race from Nenana to Nome, which became the route of the Iditarod. All about the dog musher Leonard Seppala and the sled dogs, including a map of the trail. Full two page illustrations make the race come alive. (Picture book)
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True stories of remarkable Alaska dogs – fighting bears, rescuing people trapped in the snow or burning buildings, carrying supplies up the Chilkoot Trail, sniffing out oil spills in the Arctic. (Picture book)
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Fun board book filled with close-ups of Alaska animals – from heads (walrus) to toes (polar bear), eyes, ears, fur, flippers, paws, teeth. (Board book)
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Our ancestors sing to us, their voices dancing on wind and water.
We sing too, so they know we will always remember.
In Alaska, when a girl and her Grandma go berry picking, Salmonberry, Clouberry, Blueberry, Nagoonberry, Huckleberry, Soapberry, Strawberry, Crowberry. The berries sing to them, and they sing too, so the land knows they are grateful. (Picture book)
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Wildlife, wildflowers, tundra, glaciers, legends, and history of Denali National Park. Find out about the habits, tracks and scat of all the different animals in the park, geology, seasons, Native Alaskan creation story, and a mountain so high it makes it own weather. Gorgeously illustrated, this is a gem! (Picture book)
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