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Hello Boys and Girls, This year, 62 mushers have signed up to run the 2011 Iditarod! That means 62 teams of K9 athletes will be spending the next few months continuing their training for the Last Great Race®! I say ‘continuing’ because my fur friends have been in training for the past year or even …
Hello Boys and Girls, Many of you have filed your backpack with school supplies and started a new school year. To you I say, “Welcome back to school!” Those of you in other continents, like our friends in Australia, might just be starting your ‘summer vacation’. To you I say, “Have a great summer!” No …
Hello Boys and Girls, I was pawing around the house for a good book to read and I remembered…. About a year or so ago, I introduced you to an author friend of ours, Helen Frost. She wrote a delightful story called Diamond Willow. The book is very unique because it is written in a …
Hello Boys and Girls, Are you counting the days to summer vacation? You might be doing that because for students who have the summer off, it is fun to plan what you are going to do during the summer! Do you have a summer trip planned? Are you going to summer camp? Are you going …
Hello Boys and Girls, I had the pleasure to get to know an awesome author and photographer, Dagny McKinley! When I picked up her book, Wild Hearts: Dog Sledding the Rockies, I couldn’t put the book down. The pictures of the sled dogs are so amazing! She did a great job capturing the personalities of …
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 …
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, …
Dear Zuma, We are 2nd graders from Charlotte, North Carolina. We have been reading Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod. This story has taught us a lot about the Iditarod dog race. In the story, Akiak, the dog, displays his courage by finishing the race with an injured paw. We enjoyed the story and had …
Hello Boys and Girls! Thanks for writing to me! I hope you are having a great day in your school in Louisiana! I looked on the map at where you live and see it is a long way from where I live! I know that your climate is not the same as the climate in …
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. *** Nigel’s Story By April Nigel tried to remember how he got lost. It was windy and snowing and …