Alaska is teeming with wildlife! Many different animals make their homes here. But when people think of this region, they often think of salmon, moose, or caribou. These are just some of the unique animals found in Alaska.
Tanya Lee Stone is an award-winning author of books for kids and teens. Her work, which includes YA fiction (A Bad Boy Can Be Good for a Girl), picture books (Elizabeth Leads the Way and Sandy's Circus), and nonfiction (Almost Astronauts and The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie) has won national awards such as the ALA's Sibert Medal, SCBWI's Golden Kite Award, YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction, Jane Addams Book Award Honor, Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor, NCTE's Orbus Pictus, and Bank Street's Flora Steiglitz Award. Forthcoming titles include Who Says Women Can't Be Doctors?! and The House that Jane Built (Holt 2013) and Courage Has No Color (Candlewick 2013).
This is a non fiction book about the animals found in Alaska. You can teach about the various animals in this book. You could teach habitat with this book. You could teach predator, prey and food chain with this book.