Hello, Boys and Girls!
The months of June, July, and August were a mixture of busy days and lazy days. Summer in Alaska is a beautiful time. All of the daylight hours give everyone plenty of time to be outside. When I wasn’t walking around the neighborhood, I enjoyed chewing on my favorite toys [...]
Hello Boys and Girls,
Just the other day I had a chance to talk with author Marianne Schlegelmilch. If you are looking for a book to read, try one of Marianne’s books. When you are done reading, leave comments and questions about the books. I can’t wait to hear what you think about the books. [...]
Hello Boys and Girls,
Have you read Foxy’s Tale? It is an awesome read about an Iditarod Champion sled dog.
Just the other day I was having a chat with Ed White. I told him I’d remind all of you about this book.
I’m going to challenge you boys and girls to read this book and that [...]
Diamond Willow is the story of a twelve year old girl, Willow, who wants her parents to understand that she is growing up. She loves to mush dogs. Willow convinces her parents to let her drive the dog team to her grandparent’s house— all by herself. The adventures that follow and the lessons learned are [...]
Hello Boys and Girls,
Meet my friend, Roxy!
Then, I’ve got a great idea for you so be sure to read my letter that follows Roxy’s letter.
Lots of Tail Wags,
Zuma
Dear Zuma,
Is that really you?
My friend Willow found your picture on the internet and showed it to me. “Roxy,” she said, “Look at this website [...]
Hello Boys and Girls,
This year’s race was very exciting.
A favorite part of the race for me was meeting new friends. I’d like to introduce you to my friend, Happy! Happy is a great fur-friend who ran all the way from Anchorage to Nome. I can’t wait for you to read about my [...]
Hi Boys and Girls,
Now that the race is over- what’s next??? Many of you are busy writing the musher you followed in the race. I know you are really excited about that and many of you are hoping for a return letter and maybe even some goodies. Since the request for musher [...]
Hello Boys and Girls!
I know you will enjoy these stories and poems from our readers in Nebraska. They wrote about Nigel and the adventures Nigel had while being ‘lost’ from his musher and team mates.
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Nigel’s Story
By April
Nigel tried to remember how he got lost. It was windy and snowing and really hard to [...]
Hi Boys and Girls
It has been really exciting reading the emails and the blog comments. It looks like there are a few classes out there where the students are writing stories as if they were Nigel- the dog that was lost on the trail. They have been sending the stories to us and [...]
OOF!
My name is Ross, and I am a different kind of working dog. I am in training to be a Canine Companions for Independence (www.cci.org) assistance dog. CCI provides dogs free of charge to people with disabilities other than blindness. I am 9 1/2 months old and go to CCI College (aka Advanced Training) in [...]
eet a new friend!
Lots of Tail Wags,
Zuma
Zuma, I am attaching photos of my Siberian Husky puppy, Luna. She looks very similar to you and her birthday is in August as well, August 23. She is just seven months old, but I think being a reporter might be in her future. She is very bright (or [...]
