Alaska b y a n n h e i n r i c h s t h i s l a n d i s y o u r l a n d Content Adviser: Candace Waugaman, President, Alaska Historical Society Board, Fairbanks, Alaska Reading Adviser: Dr. Linda D. Labbo, Department of Reading Education, College of Education, The University of Georgia COMPASS POINT BOOKS MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA Sample file
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Alaskab y a n n h e i n r i c h s
t h i s l a n d i s y o u r l a n d
Content Adviser: Candace Waugaman, President, Alaska Historical Society Board,Fairbanks, Alaska
Reading Adviser: Dr. Linda D. Labbo, Department of Reading Education, College of Education, The University of Georgia
C O M P A S S P O I N T B O O K S M I N N E A P O L I S , M I N N E S O T A
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Table of Contents
4 Welcome to Alaska!
6 Mountains, Glaciers, and Tundra
14 A Trip Through Time
20 Government by the People
25 Alaskans at Work
29 Getting to Know Alaskans
34 Let’s Explore Alaska!
41 Important Dates
42 Glossary
42 Did You Know?
43 At a Glance
44 State Symbols
44 Making Baked Alaska
45 State Song
46 Famous Alaskans
47 Want to Know More?
48 Index
NOTE: In this book, words that are defined in the glossary are in bold the first time they appear in the text.
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On the cover: Caribou and the north side of Mount McKinley in Denali National Park
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataHeinrichs, Ann.
Alaska / by Ann Heinrichs.p. cm.— (This land is your land)
Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents: Welcome to Alaska!—Mountains, glaciers, and tundra—A trip through time—
Government by the people—Alaskans at work—Getting to know Alaskans—Let’s explore Alaska!ISBN 0-7565-0337-X1. Alaska—Juvenile literature. [1. Alaska.] I. Title. II. Series: Heinrichs, Ann. This land is your land.