How Alaska Got Its Flag
How Alaska Got Its Flag

Author: Bernd Richter

Publisher: Wizard Works

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780966349542

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Describes how little Benny Benson won the contest for designing the new state of Alaska's flag.

Benny's Flag
Benny's Flag

Author: Phyllis Krasilovsky

Publisher: Roberts Rinehart

Published: 2002-11-05

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1461663741

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Benny was an Aleut Indian boy living in an Alaskan mission home many years before Alaska became a state. One day his teacher told the class about a contest to make a flag for Alaska. That night the boys and girls of the mission house made many designs for the flag. Benny thought about what he loved most about Alaska. Benny knew what he wanted his flag to be like: the blue field for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not flower; the North Star for the future State of Alaska, the most northerly state in the Union; and the dipper for the Great Bear—symbolizing strength. A month later the teacher announced: "Children, the flag contest is over. From all over Alaska children sent in designs for the flag. And Benny's design has won the contest!" Benny's Flag is a true story. Ages 5-8

Vagabonding with Kids: Alaska
Vagabonding with Kids: Alaska

Author: AK Turner

Publisher: Fever Streak Press

Published: 2017-12-05

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 0998654116

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Don't forget the bear spray. This is foremost in AK Turner's mind as she travels with her husband and two daughters north through Canada, along the Alaska Marine Highway, and ultimately to a tiny, roadless island, accessible only by boat from the nearby town of Sitka. The foursome adapts to island life, where their neighbors are few humans and thousands of giant slugs. With adventures in hot-springs hunting, fishing (kill the fish before filleting), and hiking on rain-forested volcanic islands, Vagabonding with Kids: Alaska provides raucous insight into life on the Alexander Archipelago.

Author: Nancy Gates

Publisher: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Co.

Published: 2005-11-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 0882406051

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With facts and figures on geography, history, economy, cultures, and peoples of the Last Frontier, the 29th edition is packed with all-about-Alaska information for people who dream of visiting Alaska, as well as long-lasting sourdoughs.

Alaska Animals - Where Do They Go at 40 Below?
Alaska Animals - Where Do They Go at 40 Below?

Author: Bernd Richter

Publisher: Wizard Works

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781931353007

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"Alaska is known as the land of snow, ice, and long, cold winters. Temperatures can drop to 40 or more degrees below zero, and, when the wind blows, wind-chill factors can go to minus 100 degrees Fahrenheit. When it is that cold, people and their pets go inside and huddle around warm stoves. Alaska's wild animals don't have heated houses. Where do they go at 40 below?"--Back cover

Alaska Curiosities
Alaska Curiosities

Author: B. B. Mackenzie

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012-06-05

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0762794607

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Whether you’re a born-and-raised Alaskan, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Alaska Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as B. B. Mackenzie takes you on a rollicking tour of the strangest sides of the Last Frontier State. Catch a glimpse of the ghost ship Clara Nevada, lost in a storm in 1898 while carrying a cargo of gold from the Klondike. Watch a baseball game on the longest day of the year in Fairbanks. Witness the Running of the Reindeer down 4th Avenue in Anchorage—held annually in March.