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Avalanche Dog Heroes: Piper and Friends Learn to Search the Snow
Contributor(s): Rusch, Elizabeth (Author)
ISBN: 1632171732     ISBN-13: 9781632171733
Publisher: Little Bigfoot
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: October 2018
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Temporarily out of stock - Will ship within 2 to 5 weeks
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals - Dogs
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Adventure & Adventurers
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Sports & Recreation - Winter Sports
Dewey: 636.708
LCCN: 2018000291
Lexile Measure: 840
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 10.9" W x 8.7" (0.92 lbs) 48 pages
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 501131
Reading Level: 4.9   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
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Publisher Description:
Junior Library Guild Selection
2020 Towner Book Award Finalist
Oregon Spirit Award Honor Book

Follow Piper the border collie and her canine classmates through a season of avalanche rescue training. As they learn the skills they need to become snow rescue dogs, you'll learn about the work these amazing canines do and about avalanche safety.

Avalanche Dog Heroes is a nonfiction picture book illustrated with stunning, adorable photography that draws parallels between kids' experiences in elementary school and the training days of the avalanche rescue dogs of Crystal Mountain, Washington State's largest ski resort, located in the Cascade Range.

Follow along with Piper, a friendly border collie who came to the mountain as a smart but timid shelter dog, terrified by everything, as she confidently heads off to school on a chairlift to meet her canine classmates. Over a season they romp together through the snow, learning and practicing the skills they need to be avalanche rescue dogs and earn their rescue certification.

You'll also learn the warning signs and conditions that cause an avalanche, the four types of avalanches, and the basics of avalanche safety.