Alaska Northwest Books

A memoir of a daughter of an Alaskan mobster and a troubled showgirl, in pursuit of living a normal life despite her unconventional childhood--Author: Kim RichPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A Place Beyond: Finding Home In Arctic AlaskaAuthor: Nick JansPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: May 01, 2009Number of Pages: 192 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

This is a mother's story about raising her two boys in Alaska were wilderness is just out the back door of their home. Written with wit, wisdom, and a grateful heart, A Tender Distance presents...

Written in rhyming verse and featuring colorful linocut illustrations, this picture book introduces fourteen of Alaska's most beloved birds--Author: Susan EwingPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A handy guidebook to the bears of Alaska, this informative book provides details on bear behaviors, yearly cycles, ecological niches, relations to humans, and more.Author: Bill Sherwonit, Tom...

A travel-sized history book on Alaska, with up-to-date information and historical photographs about the Last Frontier's past and present.--Author: Harry RitterPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

This collection of thirty-two quirky and whimsical drawings, inspired by Alaska's abundant wildlife, will entertain and distract colorists as they daydream of the Last Frontier.Author: Monica...

An introductory field guide to the most common edible plants in Alaska, including photographs and information on each plant's botanical name, harvesting direction, food and medicinal use, and...

Eight sled dogs and one woman set out from Barrow, Alaska, to mush 2,500 miles. ALONE ACROSS THE ARCTIC chronicles this astounding expedition.Author: Pam FlowersPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

Essays of memorable, astonishing-and in some instances, life-changing-encounters with wild animals. A reminder that nature's wondrous wild surrounds us all the time, wherever we live, if we'll only...

Author: Jean AspenPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 15, 2015Number of Pages: 240 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1941821162ISBN-13: 9781941821169

From polar bears and caribou, to lynx and musk oxen, youngsters meet the wonderful young creatures of the North Country.Author: Katy MainPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 02,...

Baked Alaska presents 72 recipes for favorite home-baked desserts enjoyed by people living in the North Country. Readers will discover a rich variety of recipes for muffins, cookies, steaming berry...

"This charming pourquoi tale tells of an Eskimo girl and her magic. Sloat's pictures are vibrant and engaging, befitting the land of the northern lights. . . . Delightful, playful and beautifully...

Anna may be the smallest member of the dog team, but she's surely the most determined. In this incredible true story, Anna is picked to join a thrilling, 2,500-mile expedition across the top of the...

Against the backdrop of the great Bristol Bay salmon fishery, thirteen-year-old Zoey struggles with her parents' divorce and the pangs of growing up during her summer in the "real" Alaska. My...

These illustrations of historic Alaska by Byron Birdsall, one of the state's most renowned artists, portray the territory from the beginning of the twentieth century through the first decades after...

The story of an Alaska Native boy overcoming his fears and gaining confidence in his role in his culture.Author: Tricia BrownPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Jun 15, 2015Number of...

Chia and the Fox Man: An Alaskan Dena'ina FableAuthor: Barbara J. AtwaterPublisher: Alaska Northwest BooksPublication Date: Mar 03, 2020Number of Pages: 32 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding:...

Profiles accompanied by photographs of ten Alaska Native kids and how they experience the intersection of their cultures and the modern world--Author: Tricia BrownPublisher: Alaska Northwest...

A classic collection of over 1,400 Alaskan recipes to delight those who love the North's traditional fare.Cooking Alaskan is an effort to organize and to share what we have learned about how Alaskan...

In today's Alaskan Yup'ik Eskimo communities, the villagers still gather in the kashim to sing, drum, and dance, carrying forward their forebears' traditions. DANCE ON A SEALSKIN is the heartwarming...

The story behind the best-selling book One Man's Wilderness and how author Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke met and forged an everlasting friendship. "Sam, you know right well you don't want to leave...

This new edition contains new stories and updates from the super-heated days when fishing fleets turned king crab into fortunes, to the annual circus of Bristol Bay's monster salmon runs, to the...

Esther Atoolik is twelve years old and her Alaskan village is getting smaller; there aren't enough children to keep the school open. What to do? the people ask. Should we abandon our island in the...

"For those who plan to visit Alaska, this book is an obvious must, but even armchair birders will get satisfaction from reading it. Any birder will get many hours of enjoyment" --The Canadian...

Chock-full of spooky stories from Alaska's Inside Passage, Bjorn Dihle covers gold rush ghosts, haunted hotels, shipwrecks, attacks from giant squids, disappeared Russian explorers, a vanished bear...

In Honey Paw and Lightfoot, readers are given a firsthand, compelling glimpse of grizzly bears. Illuminated by Jonathan's London spare, lyrical text and Jon Van Zyle's spectacular illustrations, this...

2019 Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Notable and American Indians in Children's Literature (AICL) 2018 Best Book. Chulyen the trickster raven loses his nose one day, but he vows to...

Features the fascinating careers of Iditarod icons as well as the administrators, volunteers, and classic characters that keep the race "running."Author: Lew FreedmanPublisher: Alaska Northwest...