| The Itchy Little Musk Ox Contributor(s): Brown, Tricia (Author), Dubac, Debra (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0882406140 ISBN-13: 9780882406145 Publisher: Alaska Northwest Books OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2006 Annotation: The patience of a little musk-ox is sorely tried when he suffers an itch that he can't scratch. There's not a tree in sight -- nothing to rub against for relief -- so he wanders away from the herd looking for a branch, a rock pile, anything. On his journey, he meets with three individuals: a buffalo, a wolf, and a Native woman. Through his interaction with each one, he learns something new and affirming about himself before returning to the herd. Endnotes include information about how musk-ox were native to Alaska until they were decimated by hunters in 1865, then reintroduced in the early 1930s; biological/behavioral details about the animals; and info about the cottage industry among Native villages in which women knit the qiviut (KIV-ee-oot), the rare underwool, into beautiful, warm garments. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Mammals - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Beginner - Juvenile Fiction | Science & Nature - General |
| Dewey: E |
| Physical Information: 0.2" H x 7.8" W x 9.8" (0.28 lbs) 34 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 121002 Reading Level: 4.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Tricia: - Brown is a writer, editor, freelancer, program and book developer, journalist, quilter, mother, grandmother and wife. Her work has been nationally honored for compassionate, insightful depictations of Alaska natives and for children's literature. She began her award-winning literary career in journalism, and in 1984 was the founding editor of 'Heartland"", the Sunday magazine of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Later she wrote for the Anchorgae Daily News, then shifted into editing the popular monthly magazine Alaska, with a readership of more than a quarter million. She holds a Bachelor's degree in journalism and a Master of Fine Arts degree. |