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Iditarod living books for older children
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I am considering following the Iditarod with some of my children next year. I see many interesting possibilities for books for my younger children, but I’m looking for something that would engage my 14 year old son. Any suggestions?
I started reading Winterdance, by Gary Paulsen. I haven’t finished it, but it definitely is a living book about the race!
I have come across a few questionable things – talk about the dogs mating and “in heat”, and a few passages that discount the passage in the Bible about God giving man dominion over the animals.
One of the amazon.ca reviews mentions that it has a lot of profanity in it? Do you find this to be true?
There’s a book about a girl who runs the Iditarod by Scott O’Dell. It’s titled Black Star, Bright Dawn. I read it years ago but I have a good memory of it. I don’t think there was anything questionable in it. Scott O’Dell is a well respected author. Island of the Blue Dolphins is probably his most popular book.
Scott Odell wrote a book called Black Star, Bright Dawn about a teen girl who runs the Iditarod. I enjoyed it. ?
Gary Paulsen’s novel Woodsong is an autobiographical account of how he came to run sled dogs and his first run in the Iditarod. It’s appropriate for 6th grade and older. Winterdance is by Paulsen and is for adults. Please note that Black Star, Bright Dawn is fiction and the situation the main character is in, and her running the Iditarod, are not realistic to the actual race. It would be a good novel to read in addition to learning about the race and reading Woodsong. Woodsong’s first 8 chapters are written with each one having a topic and he shares stories and details that are related. Not knowing you, I have no idea if anything in this book would be objectionable. The second part of the book is written in a journal style about his race.This novel can be used to teach every single skill in reading; metaphor, simile, inference, prediction, vocabulary, higher thinking skills, summary, and more. Another source to find books is at http://www.iditarod.com in the Education Portal. http://iditarod.com/teacher/iditarod-books/ has a list of books with brief descriptions of each. The Iditarod site & Education Portal will be extremely helpful to you to find resources and ideas to use with your children before the race as well as using it during the race. The race is a great resource to teach nonfiction reading skills.
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