alaska

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Alaska

1994
Text, photographs, and illustrations introduce the geography, history, people, industries, and environmental concerns of the Last Frontier.

This place is cold

1989
Focuses on the land, animals, plants, and climate of Alaska, presenting it as an example of a place where it is so cold your hair can freeze and break off.

Alaska

1998
An overview of the state of Alaska, including its history, geography, people, and living conditions.

The seasons and Someone

1994
A young Eskimo girl witnesses the changing seasons in Alaska.

Aunt Lulu

1988
Tired of working as a librarian in Alaska, Aunt Lulu takes her sled and her fourteen Huskies and moves to Parsippany, New Jersey.

Recess at 20 below

2005
Presents a children's book for early readers about how kids who live and go to school in Alaska spend their recess when it is twenty below zero.

The year of Miss Agnes

2000
Ten-year-old Fred (short for Frederika) narrates the story of school and village life among the Athapascans in Alaska during 1948 when Miss Agnes arrived as the new teacher.

Toughboy and Sister

1990
The death of their drunken father strands ten-year-old Toughboy and his younger sister at a remote fishing cabin on the Yukon River near Ruby, Alaska, where they spend a summer trying to cope with dwindling food supplies and hostile wildlife.

Wonders of Alaska

1994
Describes features of Alaska including the railroad, oil pipeline, wildlife preserves, and Mount McKinley.

Products of Alaska

1994
Describes some of the major sources of industry and revenue of Alaska.

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