Book Details

Reading level: Ages 4-8
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing (02/07)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0881062922
Dimensions: 11.2 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches

Buy your autographed copy $19.00

(includes free shipping)

"A L A S K A"

by Shelly Gill & Patrick Endres

Blending poetry and humor, Alaskan author and adventurer Shelley Gill takes readers on a seasonal tour of the 49th state. Veteran photographer Patrick J. Endres captures Alaska’s enduring spirit in his crisp images.
Inside: Polar bears, grizzly bears, aurora borealis, moose, mountains, volcanoes, and more . . .

About the authors

SHELLEY GILL is the author of many acclaimed picture books for children and young adults, including Big Blue and Sitka Rose. When she’s not swimming with a blue whale, riding a mule, or cruising with brown bears, she’s swinging in a hammock on her homestead in Homer, Alaska.

PATRICK J. ENDRES lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, where he works as a freelance photographer, blending his interest in nature with a love of the visual arts. His photographs have been widely published, appearing in the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, National Wildlife, National Geographic Traveler, Time, and numerous other publications.

Sample excerpts from the book