If You Lived in the Alaska Territory

by Nancy Smiler Levinson

Vivid illustrations and a question-and-answer text bring to life the traditions, customs, and everyday world of Eskimos many years before Alaska became a state, and includes the pronunciation of many Eskimo words. Original.

Genres: History, Geography, Childrens, Nonfiction, Native American

80 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Nancy Smiler Levinson was born in 1938 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she worked as a reporter, researcher, editor, and Head Start teacher before taking time to raise her two children. It was while reading to her kids when they were toddlers that Levinson first became interested in writing for young people, and in 1981 she published her first novel for young readers, World of Her Own. The first of many critically acclaimed biographies came in 1981, and since then Levinson has written a variety of well-received fiction and nonfiction for beginning readers as well as middle grade and young adult audiences.

Levinson has also contributed articles and stories to such publications as Seventeen magazine, Highlights for Children, Library Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. She has been a tutor for disabled children. She lives in California, where she enjoys reading and attending theater and symphonies.

Reviews

[Hilary · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very informative and interesting look at life in the Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1935. I love looking at everyday life in different countries and different periods of history. At 79 pages this book really packed a lot in. Houses, food, education, shopping, games, family life, food, clothes, culture, work, languages with examples of words and pronunciations, what people did for fun and much more. Each page was nicely illustrated and the book ends with a summary of changes for the worse and better.

I would definitely read more from this series.