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	Dawn Engler BellaOnline's Alaska Editor

Alaska Titles for Young Adults
This brief annotated bibliography includes fiction and non-fiction books appropriate for grades 6 and up.

Arctic Dance-Review
So much of what we know about Alaska, has been conveyed by outsiders. Those of us who visit, fall in love, and then cannot get enough. What is the draw? There are many answers, but I found the most compelling in reading Arctic Dance, The Mardy Murie Story.

Book Review - Sarah
As soon as John McCain announce Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his VP running mate, there were people looking for information. Kaylene Johnson’s biography will be able to “fill in some of the blanks” for many people.

Coast Guard Alaska - TV Show Review
Coast Guard Alaska is a real telling of the day to day activities of the Coast Guard unit stationed at Kodiak, Alaska. Hosted by the Weather Channel, this seven part series is repeated often enough for your DVR to catch it.

Cold Day Murder - Book Review
A Cold Day for Murder. In the first of the Kate Shugak series by author Dana Stabenow, the stage is set to lure readers into great mysteries set in Alaska.

Cold Hands, Warm Heart by Jeff King - Book Review
Jeff King, four-time Iditarod Sled Dog Race Champion, shares his life and his adventures in this charming book. Illustrated by Jeff's wife, Donna, a talented landscape and wildlife artist in her own right. If you weren't a fan before reading this book, you will be by the time you are done.

Hiking Wrangell-St. Elias - Book Review
Book Review: “Hiking Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve: From Day Hikes to Backcountry Treks” (Falcon Guide). Author: Greg Fensterman. An excellent resource for hikers and backcountry trekkers of all experience levels. Park information, detailed trail maps and great photos.

More Picture Books about Alaska for Young Readers
Alaska’s critters and culture come alive in these story books for children ages 4 and up.

Picture Books about Alaska for Young Readers
Looking for some good books to introduce your child to the wonders of Alaska? Here are five picture books that work as read alouds for ages 5 and up.

Play With Fire - Book Review
Play with Fire is the fifth Kate Shugak novel by author Dana Stabenow. Kate and friends are harvesting mushrooms the summer following a nasty forest fire. After a wet and mild spring,morel mushrooms were ripe for the picking. Unfortunately, they found something else that was a little ripe.

Tisha-Book Review
Tisha is the story of a 19 year old teacher, who goes to Chicken, Alaska to teach. A cheechako from the lower 48, the bets are running she won't last through the first cold snap of the winter. Tisha is stronger than she appears.

TUNDRA, by Chad Carpenter - a book review
The world of newspaper comic strips changed forever when Chad Carpenter discovered his natural talent for art and comedy and combined them into the now well known and much loved “TUNDRA” comic strips.

TV Show about the Iditarod
The producers of Deadliest Catch, the popular reality show about Bering Sea fisherman, came up with another winner; “Iditarod: The Toughest Race on Earth.”

Woman travels Alaska - Book Review
The year is 1899, and a woman has decided to travel alone to Alaska to stake her claims for gold.