Big-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic

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Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co., 2003 - 31 Seiten
Anna may be the smallest member of the dog team, but she's surely the most determined. In this incredible true story, Anna is picked to join a thrilling, 2,500-mile expedition across the top of the world. When the lead dog becomes lost, it's up to Anna to take his place. Will she have what is takes to ensure the survival of all? Arctic adventurer Pam Flowers shares Anna's amazing story in classrooms and auditoriums all over North America. Children learn that even the smallest, seemingly the most powerless among us, are big enough to try their best.
 

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Pam shares her adventures with dogs in six noteworthy and award-winning books published by Alaska Northwest Books. She has spoken as a visiting author to more than 800,000 students at over 1450 schools across America, lectured at The Smithsonian, received the Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers, and was named an "Outsider of the Year" by Outside Magazine. She has participated in nine arctic expeditions, successfully completed the Iditarod Sled Dog Race, completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, and appeared three times on THE MOTH international radio show. Alaskan author Ann Dixon has written several children's books, including Blueberry Shoe and Winter Is. With Pam, she coauthored Alone Across The Arctic. Bill Farnsworth is the illustrator of more than fifty children's books, including Ellie's Long Walk. His work includes images for the Kaya books in the American Girl Series, and he has received numerous awards and honors, including Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, American Bookseller Pick of the Lists, and selection for the Society of Illustrator's Original Art Show. Farnsworth's warmly lit oil paintings gracefully illuminate the Maine landscape and Sockalexis's days on the baseball diamond. Farnsworth lives with his family in Venice, Florida.

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