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Celebrating Indigenous Picture Books-- IBBY's 'From Sea to Sea to Sea" 2021
TDSRC 2021 Recommended Reads/Suggestions de livres
TDSRC 2021 Recommended Reads/Suggestions de livres
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An Inuit boy Jake trains his Kamik and his team to race.
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"Jake's puppy Kamik is growing quickly, but the dog isn't becoming any easier to handle. All Jake wants is to raise his puppy into a strong, fast sled dog, but Kamik is far from ready to pull a sled with a dog team. With some advice and a little help from his grandmother, Jake learns basic principles of how to begin training a dog to pull. Kamik finally has his first sled, and he and Jake can finally begin exploring the tundra together. But Jake and...
4) Sun dog
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Young Juno the sled dog pup plays on the Arctic tundra with her boy. Under the midnight sun, Juno is too restless to sleep and goes on a nighttime adventure of her own. When she returns to find a polar bear near the door she left open, Juno must summon all her courage to save her boy and send the bear on its way.
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"A kitten is adopted and raised by a pack of huskies -- and even develops some canine characteristics! -- in this heartwarming animal friendship story about marching to the beat of your own drum. When 12-year-old Mina discovers an abandoned kitten, Nukka, in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, she knows she has to take it in. And with the help of Mina's huskies, Nukka quickly becomes part of the family. There's only one problem (or is it?): Nukka...
14) Ice dogs
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In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
15) Dog driven
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Fourteen-year-old McKenna will not stop competing in a new sled dog race in the Canadian wilderness even though she is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease.
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"Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom; a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands in Central Park to this day, and the dog even starred in his own Hollywood movie. But what happened to Balto after the hoopla died down? With a lively,...
18) Arctic storm
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Canadian flyer adventures volume 16
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Amid swirling snow and freezing cold, Matt and Emily meet wildlife scientists stranded with a sick boy and without guide or even a radio.
19) Togo
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Dog diaries volume 4
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"Sled dog Togo--the true hero of the 1925 Serum Run--narrates the story of his life working with musher Leonard Seppala"-- Provided by publisher.
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