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Libby Littles
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! The 2019 Iditarod will start on Saturday, March 2 and Restart on Sunday, March 3. Two kinds of starts? What’s that all about? Well, boys and girls, the start is really a ceremonial start. That means it’s a big celebration, almost like a parade. Don’t you just love parades? …
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 …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Oh it’s so exciting! Last weekend, there was a big 2 day meeting in Alaska for the rookies who will be racing in the 2019 Iditarod. The meeting was on Saturday and Sunday, (December 1 – 2) On the first day, they met at the Lakefront Hotel for meetings …
Libby Here! Hello Boys and Girls! Do you know what a rookie is? Oh, I’ll tell you this one, but next time, I might wait and see if you can tell me the answer! Time for you to study up about the Iditarod! A rookie is someone who is new to something or is consider …
Libby here! Oh boy, oh girl, oh boys and girls! I just can’t wait! I just can’t wait! It’s that time of year again! It’s Iditarod time. Iditarod begins the first Saturday in March. The date for the start of the race is March 3. The next day, Sunday, March 4 is the Restart of …
Libby Here! Hello boys and girls! So what do you think of my lovely jacket? Sometimes I like to wear my jacket, and sometimes I don’t. But the other day, it was kind of chilly out so I put my jacket on and went for a long car ride with my human. That got me …
Libby Here! Hello boys and girls! Have you ever tried to do something for the very first time? (Like be in a race or a contest?) In Iditarod, when you sign up to race in the Iditarod, if you have never started and finished this race before, you are called a rookie. Until you finish …