Alaska

Sweet Home Alaska

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Copies: 6

Terpsichore and her family are going to be pioneers in Alaska! Times have been tough in Wisconsin during the Great Depression, and she's eager to make a new start. Terpsichore has often dreamed about living like Laura Ingalls Wilder, but the reality of their new home is a shock. The town is still under construction, the mosquitoes are huge, and when a mouse eats her shoelace, causing her to fall on her first day of school, everyone learns the nickname she had hoped to leave behind: Trip.

Author:

Carole Estby Dagg

Lexile:

870L

Wisconsin

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Presents facts about the state of Wisconsin including its state flower, tree, insect, flag, seal, and song. Also discusses its history, wildlife, people, and government. Includes a recipe, activity, maps, and listing of Wisconsin's products and resources.

Vermont

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Explores the history and unique characteristics of Vermont and highlights the state's important people and role in the American government. Discusses how people make a living in Vermont and includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Alaska

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Provides information on the history, geography, government, economy, and people of the state of Alaska. Also includes the state's symbols, a state map, the state song, a craft, and a recipe. Features color photographs, fact boxes, quotes, and sources of more information.

White Fang

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In the northern wilderness of the Yukon, a dog who is part wolf comes to make his peace with man.

The Call of the Wild

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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack.

The Year of Miss Agnes

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Copies: 25

A year they'll never forget...

Ten-year-old Frederika (Fred for short) doesn't have much faith that the new teacher in town will last very long. After all, they never do. Most teachers who come to their one-room schoolhouse in remote, Alaska leave at the first smell of fish, claiming that life there is just too hard.

Author:

Kirkpatrick Hill

Lexile:

790L

Black Star, Bright Dawn (Unabridged)

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A young Eskimo girl encounters frightening obstacles when she takes her father's place in the Iditarod, the annual 1,172-mile dogsled race in Alaska.

Author:

Scott O'Dell

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

670L

Length:

03:37

The Animals of Alaska: Rosen Real Readers (Unabridged)

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Polar bears... grizzly bears... Caribou.... moose... snowshoe hares... bald eageles. There is a wonderful variety of wild animals that live in Alaska. This audiobook Introduces the animals that live and thrive in Alaska's harsh environment.

Author:

John Rickus

Grade Level:

Primary

Length:

00:03

The Animals of Alaska: Rosen Real Readers (Unabridged)

Dogsong (Unabridged)

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Gary Paulsen's Dogsong - a Newbery Honor Book and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults - is the graphic, coming-of-age tale of a modern Eskimo lad and his consuming vision quest and harrowing struggle for survival.

Author:

Gary Paulsen

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

930L

Length:

04:04

Alaska

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