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Alaska living book?
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Friends who do not homeschool (but who have been captivated by what they are learning about CM and SCM in particular) are planning a trip this June to Alaska with their dd7 and dd4. Does anyone have any recommendations for living books about Alaska for this age group? We have not done US history/geography yet and the bookfinder was limited on such a specific topic. Thanks friends!
The true story of Balto is fun!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0375835776/ref=redir_mdp_mobile
Also, not a book, but Netflix streaming has Sarah Palin’s Alaska show. Each episode gives viewers wonderful insight on this unique state. It makes me want to go someday! 🙂
We haven’t gotten to this one yet, but the series is good. One or two facts for each letter of the alphabet.
I also intend to use The True Story of Balto when we get to Alaska in our US geography study.
My children of that age really enjoyed the book The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller, which tells the same story as in Balto. I liked this one because we really got a good idea of the geography by following along with the map inside the front and back covers of the book as we read the story.
We also really like reading the true stories of the Alaskan adventures of naturalist John Muir and his dog Stickeen, such as this one and this one.
Finally, Jean Craighead George has some interesting chapter books about Alaska, but one of her picture books that my young children learned a lot about the Eskimo people from was Nutik the Wolf Pup.
Hope this helps!~Anna
One more idea that the entire family might enjoy reading – The Great Alaskan Dinosaur Adventure: Real Life Journey Through the Frozen Past by Buddy Davis. It’s a short chapter book/journal about a summer search for unfossilized dinosaur bones and how they relate to the age of the earth. It’s an interesting, exciting and short read.
~Anna
I’m probably too late for your friend but thought I would mention a couple anyway. “The Alaska Mother Goose” by Shelley Gill is fun and “Danger, the Dog Yard Cat” are both great books for the really young. Not exacatly non-fiction 🙂 but great springboards for learning none the less and fun.
Last summer I read aloud Gentle Ben and our family is still talking about it! They were ages 6-18 and dear husband, who’s age I won’t mention 😉
Our younger kids also liked The Year of Miss Agnes.
Blessings,
Melissa
A family from Alaska gifted us a beautiful picture book called Artic Lights, Artic Nights by Debbie Miller.
Looking for Seabirds: Journal from an Alaskan VOyage by Sophie Webb
http://www.amazon.com/Looking-Seabirds-Journal-Outstanding-Students/dp/0618212353
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