Hi folks! Libby Littles here! It’s finally fall. I’ve been hearing about it for months from the big kids (dogs). They LOVE fall because it means winter is not far away. And winter means snow! And snow means sleds and sled dogs! Now I’m experiencing it for real. First, the leaves started turning yellow …
Hi y’all! I’m Libby! Libby Littles! I was just born at the beginning of summer, so I’m still a PUPPY! I’m an Alaskan husky puppy. Have you ever held a puppy? We are soft and warm, and we love to wiggle and bounce and play (a lot like you). I was born in the Upper …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! I’m howling, howling, howling with excitement! We are half way through February. Time is going so fast! On Saturday, March 2, the race will start in Anchorage. That’s called the ceremonial start. When every musher leaves the starting line, there will be a special passenger in the sled. That …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! A logo is a symbol or sign that stand for something. Does your school or the town you live in have a logo? Does your classroom have a logo? If you were making a logo about you, what would it look like? Every year, Iditarod gets new logos. Here …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Straw isn’t the only supply that gets sent to the trail. Mushers bring their supplies to a location where the supplies which are in bags called ‘drop bags’. The name of the checkpoint the bag needs to go to on each bag. Each bag is filled with supplies a …
Libby here! Hello Boys and Girls! It’s straw time! Well, sort of! Every year, volunteers get together in February to pack and sort bales of straw. Each bag of straw is marked with the name of a checkpoint on it. The straw is then loaded up and taken to airplanes. Pilots fly the bags of …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Who’s your driver? I bet when I ask you that question, the first thing you think about is who drives you from one place to another? Is it your bus driver? A parent or babysitter? An older brother or sister? Who takes you from place to place? When I …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! I know exactly what you are wondering about today! Days, how many days until the start of the race? So when does this race get under way? How long do we all have to wait? Do I have to count the days on the calendar to know when the …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Ticktock! Ticktock! Listen to that! The clock is ticking, ticking ticking away. When you hear someone say that time is ticking away, means that time is going by fast. It won’t be long until the start of the 2019 Iditarod. The ceremonial race starts on March 2, but the …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Happy New Year! Happy Race! Can you believe it? 2019 is here and the next Iditarod is only 2 months away! Wow! Oh boy! Oh girl! Oh wow, wow, wow! I can’t wait for the race to start. The 2019 race will start on March 2 in Anchorage and …
