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Check out the Native Ways of Knowing Book Lists, live author talks, and recordings.

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Title Wave will provide boxes FREE, used books to schools for pick-up or can ship (at a cost and/or in partnership with Bright Lights or another org that can cover the shipping costs). Call to confirm that free books are available (their stock gets resupplied quickly).

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Your local source for new & used books, DVDs, CDs & more....

Yes, we ship! Need books, music, puzzles or games?

Email us at info@wavebooks.com and we'll mail them right to your door!

stocks a fabulous selection of used DVDs and Blu-Rays, as well as thousands of Music CDs and LPs. We buy and trade for quality inventory 7 days a week!

is the largest bookstore in Alaska, and one of the biggest used bookstores in the country. We feature nearly a half-million used and bargain books in our 25,000-square-foot retail store, plus thousands of DVDs, music CDs, audiobooks and vinyl LPs.

Our vast selection changes hourly as we actively buy and trade for top-quality inventory to give our customers great deals on the very best selection offered anywhere!

(907) 278-9283

​OPEN 7 Days a week!
in the heart of Spenard at 1360 West Northern Lights Boulevard, between Hearth Artisan Pizza, Middleway and The Alaska Club, Title Wave Books has a fabulous selection of top-quality used books in nearly every subject category.

Title Wave Books has an enormous Children's section, and the best selection anywhere of books on Alaska and the north country. We have Fiction, Crafts, Literature, Cooking, History, Sports, and pretty much anything else you can dream up.

FALL / WINTER 2020 Hours:
Monday-Saturday 10-7 & Sunday 11-7

Yes - our Intake Counter is open daily until 6pm!

CURBSIDE Pick-Up is available during our hours of operation.

Wall calendars, day planners, and more...and yes, you can use Trade Credit!

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Your local source for new & used books, DVDs, CDs & more.... Yes, we ship! Need books, music, puzzles or games? Email us at info@wavebooks.com and we'll mail them right to your door! stocks a fabulous selection of used DVDs and Blu-Rays, as well as thousands of Music CDs and LPs.

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This is my grand daughter’s first dance at the annual community Curukaq which means “Challenging Feast Celebration”.

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Family Reading Night Activity Ideas (Padlet)

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Looking for more books and activities? Get inspired by the kits put together by the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District's Indigenous Educator Program.

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Check Out Instructions: To reserve a kit, click on the its picture. It will take you to the Alexandria sign up. If you do not have an Alexandria login, please reserve the materials through your librarian. If your school does not have a librarian, email Julie Gottfried (jgottfried@kpbsd.org)

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Caldecott Medalist Michaela Goade’s first self-authored picture book is a gorgeous celebration of the land she knows well and the powerful wisdom of elders. On an island at the edge of a wide, wild sea, a girl and her grandmother gather gifts from the earth. Salmon from the stream, herring eggs from the ocean, and in t

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Family & Community Learning with MOLLY OF DENALI™ | Grades 13+ Asking and Answering for Details, With Support (Grade K) Teaching and Lesson Resources

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The Molly of Denali Family & Community Learning (FCL) workshop is a series of four workshops that engages families in active, hands-on learning experiences around the PBS KIDS program MOLLY OF DENALI™. FCLs are designed for families with kids ages 3-5 and 5-8 (and younger/older siblings), the workshops use creative play and exploration to introduce kids and grown-ups to digital and tangible tools that can be used to develop knowledge, practices and perspectives. The learning focus for this workshop series is about literacy and informational text—text whose main purpose is to convey information. This FCL fosters learning goals for informational text through: Active video viewing and discussions
Collaborative, hands on activities
Engagement with, and creation of, a variety of informational texts
Digital game play Family & Community Learning is a model for multi-generational hands-on family engagement designed to support science and literacy development among children and families. Designed for use in community based settings, these resources include multi-session sequenced experiences that are built to be modular and flexible enough to be adaptable to the wide variety of communities and contexts that they might be used in. All of the resources come packed with full activity plans, supporting materials for facilitators, links to related video and digital media, and additional take-home materials to support ongoing family engagement.

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A group of clever animals find an unusual but warm and furry home during Alaska’s long winter in Jan Brett’s newest snowy adventure. Cozy is the softest musk ox in Alaska, with the warmest fur you ever did feel. When a storm hits while he’s separated from his family, he starts to feel lonely–but not for long. As the snow piles up, animals start to notice just how warm and cozy Cozy really is! One mama lemming has a bright idea . . . maybe the best place to spend the winter is under Cozy’s fur! As more and more animals burrow in, Cozy adds to the house rules: quiet voices, gentle thumping, claws to yourself, no biting, and no pouncing. That seems easy enough . . . until the lemmings, snowshoe hare, snowy owl, arctic fox, and wolverine begin to bicker. Luckily, signs of spring soon appear, and that means Cozy can find his herd and his new friends can head to their summer homes. But not before promising to get cozy with Cozy next year! Jan Brett brings a new lovable character to life through this gorgeous tale of sharing, friendship, and living in harmony.

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Molly of Denali, Very Berry Itchy Day - Talkeetna Historical Society

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In Berry Itchy Day, Tooey watches the Trading Post while Molly and her family go berry picking—but their fun is cut short by a swarm of pesky mosquitoes. If only Molly hadn’t left the bug spray behind! A book in the Trading Post has a recipe for repellent made from wild plants. Can Tooey find it […]

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Hosting a family night? These toolkits have the flyers, presentations, handouts, and activities you need to make it easy.

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Is your school hosting a family night? Our family night toolkits - complete with planning guides, posters, presentation slides, handouts, flyers, and scripts - are designed to make it fun and easy for your.

Or plan your own reading night with this event planner and check out planning pro-tips.

Reading tip videos for families

Reading tips for families

Extending the learning at home. Simply encouraging families and kids to talk, read, and play can build foundational literacy skills. These at-home activities can encourage conversations and engage families in their children's learning.

From the Alaska Family Engagement Center

From the Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Molly of Denali activities compiled by the Vermont Department of Education and PBS

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Is your school hosting a family night? Our family night toolkits - complete with planning guides, posters, presentation slides, handouts, flyers, and scripts - are designed to make it fun and easy for your. Or plan your own reading night with this event planner and check out planning pro-tips.

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Cultural Heritage Improves Learning & Development (CHILD) Alaska is a project of the Bristol Bay Borough School District. Check out the BRIDGE Literacy Bags & culturally-based phonological activities.

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Imagination Library sends a new, high-quality book in the mail each month to children under the age of 5 at no cost to their families.

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Imagination Library - Alaska’s Early Childhood Investment

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Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton in 1996, sends a new, age-appropriate, high-quality book in the mail each month to children under the age of 5 at no cost to their families. Participating in Imagination Library increases family reading time and has been shown to help children begin kindergarten prepared. As the umbrella Read More

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Families can practice "reading the land" with this track puzzle. Other activities from Fish & Game can help spark conversation and provide relevant reading materials for kids and families.

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At Home or at School, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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&Classwork is a platform educators can use to purchase books for schools and classrooms at a considerable discount.

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&Classwork is a platform educators and administrators can rely on to access an extensive selection of top selling books and materials,

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All proceeds from Forget-Me-Not Books go to support the Literacy Council of Alaska. On Fridays, the store often has 50 cent books.

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Forget-Me-Not Books - Literacy Council of Alaska

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Forget-Me-Not Books is a used bookstore serving Fairbanks and the Interior. We sell quality used books for excellent prices. All proceeds support the educational programs of the Literacy Council of Alaska.

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The Amazing Bookstore is 100% volunteer-run and operated with the support of Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries.

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The Amazing Bookstore is 100% volunteer-run and operated with the support of Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries.

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Proceeds support Juneau Public Libraries and have included grants totaling more than $1.4 million. To learn more about the work of Friends of the Library, visit our About Us page.

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If you are interested in volunteering at The Amazing Bookstore, please pick up a volunteer application at the sales desk.

Donation Policy

T hank you for your donations and for your patronage of The Amazing Bookstore! With your help, we are able to serve the community of Juneau by providing inexpensive books for the community, keeping books out of our landfill, and supporting Juneau Public Libraries.

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The Amazing Bookstore accepts donations of lightly used books, puzzles, games, and media. Donations may be brought to the Amazing Bookstore during business hours only and should never be left in the mall hallway or outside.

(updated 5/18/2024)

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Items

All CDs and DVDs must be originals. No copies, vinyl, cassettes, or VHS.

Materials must be in good condition. Books should not be musty, moldy, wet, smoky, disfigured, or missing pages.

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Items that are not accepted for donation include:

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We encourage you to recycle books we cannot accept. Paperbacks can be recycled as is; hardbacks must have the covers removed.

Are all donated books sold at the Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries Amazing Bookstore?

Actually, no. Because of your generous donations, we always have plenty of great titles for sale. Sadly, the sheer amount of donations often overwhelms our ability to store these books. So, to keep these books out of Juneau's overstressed landfill, we have been partnering with the City & Borough of Juneau and Alaska Marine Lines to give these books a new lease-on-life.

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Each year we send close to a thousand boxes jammed with up to 20-30 thousand excess books to Thriftbooks.com, a popular on-line bookseller. We receive a percentage for any of our books they sell, and this - like everything else - goes to our local Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries. Books they can't sell are donated to other eager readers on down the line.

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How does all this happen? Twice a year CBJ provides the muscle to get these boxes of books onto pallets - no small thing - and trucked to AML's dock. There, the shipping costs are generously waived by AML and tons of books sail south to new lives and new readers.

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Now you know. Our heartfelt thanks go to Stuart Ashton of CBJ and Ray Thibodeau of AML for their amazing efforts and generosity!

Contact The Amazing Bookstore

Address

Airport Shopping Center
9131 Glacier Hwy,

Contact

Opening Hours

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The Amazing Bookstore is 100% volunteer-run and operated with the support of Friends of the Juneau Public Libraries. ​ Proceeds support Juneau Public Libraries and have included grants totaling more than $1.4 million. To learn more about the work of Friends of the Library, visit our About Us page.

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Featuring an expertly curated product assortment—including bestselling fiction—that’s designed to be both engaging and affordable, the Discovery Fair aims to fire up all students with hands-on learning.

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Scholastic Book Fairs empower kids to find the stories that speak to them. Learn how you can participate in a school book fair!

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Bookshare is a FREE, digital library for students who struggle to comprehend print. Teachers, librarians, and others can put massive libraries in the homes of families by granting students and families access.

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TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of children’s e-books, available by subscription to Elementary Schools and Public Libraries around the world.

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What a treasure. This site is extremely useful for non readers of all ages. My children just love it. I have shared this site with many of our special needs teachers across our county. Thanks so much for providing such a fun, affordable, and worthwhile product.
Renee
Special Education Teacher, MI
We love TumbleBooks!!! I should add the kids do, too!! TumbleBooks has allowed us to introduce a vast collection of books to students and they W A N T to read. It gives them choice, gives them some control over their own learning, all while at an appropriate reading level. What could be better?
Kathy
Reading Consultant Seth Haley School, CT
I love this site! The fact that the levels of books available are so far-reaching makes this a wonderful site for classrooms---virtually any child can utilize the features on this site. The book report feature is great as well--right along with many of the standards we are teaching in our classrooms, and a great tool for guiding students. The quizzes offer students feedback, and also encouragement as they continue to read. This promotes a feeling of success among students, and furthers their love for literature and reading.
Tammy
Curriculum Coach, SC
This is the best interactive read aloud website I have found. My students and I love it. We can always locate a book easy that connects to what we have been studying. The students love to watch the pictures, and as they progress with their decoding skills they pick out words that they know. When we watch one of these books, I have to pause it after every page so they can find all their sight words that are on the page. The website makes it like have a celebrity reader in our room daily. Thank you so much for your wonderful reading website.
Brandi
Kindergarten, AL

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TumbleBookLibrary is a curated database of children's e-books, available by subscription to Elementary Schools and Public Libraries around the world. TumbleBookLibrary Premium has over 1100 titles for grades K-6, and includes our unique animated, talking picture books, read-along chapter books, non fiction books and videos, curated playlists, as well as books in Spanish and French.

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TOOL: Create books with students and families that reflect your community and culture.

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Book Creator for Teachers - Teaching made easy - Book Creator app

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Experience genuine student engagement, inclusivity, and authentic learning throughout the curriculum with Book Creator. Teachers love it.

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EXAMPLE Book Creator project from Lower Yukon School District's Pilot Station School.

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Minard Abenojar, Barbara Heckman, and Anna Heckman

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This book teaches English, Yupik, and Filipino using images, words, audio pronunciation, and videos. It helps learners explore three languages while celebrating culture and multilingual learning.

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EXAMPLE Book Creator project with students from Lower Yukon School District's Pilot Station School.

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This book highlights the power of multilingual learning by showcasing three languages: English, Yupik, and Filipino, celebrating culture, identity, and communication.

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TOOL: Kids can create their own list of words they want to work on. The app allows them to record their own voice and play games or quiz themselves on the words they're working on.

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The A+ Spelling Test is a free app that helps students master new vocabulary words that is catered to their own needs

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Sprig includes insights from parents in the assessment process and specializes in indigenous learning.

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Sprig Learning - Provide Every Child a Fair Shot at Success.

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Sprig Learning is a purpose-built company that provides evidence-based early learning solutions that create strong learning foundations for children.

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Easy-to-print bookmarks to share with families. Visit www.alaskafec.org for high-quality print options.

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Short videos to share with families so they know what to expect from the school and how they can help with reading.

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Reading tip videos for families – Alaska Family Engagement Center

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In this video, Kalcháni Josh Jackson shares helpful tips for helping children improve their reading skills, especially when they are learning a second language. He stresses the importance of making reading fun with games and activities. Viewers will learn about asking questions, setting a regular reading routine, and visiting libraries. Josh also explains how to connect with teachers to support a child’s learning and what information to share with them. Additionally, he offers insights into reading assessments. This video is a great resource for parents wanting to enhance their children’s reading abilities.

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What families can expect from school as a result of the Reads Act and how schools and families can work together to support reading.

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The Reads Act requires schools to communicate with families about reading progress. These family-friendly sample letters are also available in word and google docs at https://alaskafec.org/resource/family-reading-night-toolkits/

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More tips on how Alaskan families can support young readers.

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Sharing Books - Alaska’s Early Childhood Investment

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Reading is one of the most important early learning activities there is. When your child discovers that sharing a book with a loving adult can be a warm, happy experience, they begin to build a lifelong love of reading. Tips for choosing books. Physically play with books. Let your little one pick books up, flip Read More

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Scripts & Tips for communicating with families

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Scripts & Tips for communicating with families

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Tools for Communicating with Families – Alaska Family Engagement Center

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When schools, teachers and families work together students are more successful and feel more supported. However, to work together well, schools and families need ways to communicate with each other and build relationships from the first day of school.

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MARY’S WILD WINTER FEAST | Kirkus Reviews

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A child disgruntled by a drizzly winter day is cheered up by a trip to the pantry.

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Susan Woodward Springer and Amy Meissner

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Youngsters will love reading about the misadventures o…

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Fighter in Velvet Gloves: Alaska Civil Rights Hero Elizabeth Peratrovich

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Beautiful illustrations show the northern lights being observed by animals and people. The illustrations are really beautiful, the animals are very cute and this book really is a pleasure to look through. The rhyming text was okay, didn't really add anything to the story, this might have worked better as a story without text. ...more

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Beautiful illustrations show the northern lights being observed by animals and people. The illustrations are really beautiful, the animals are very cute and this book really is a pleasure to look through. The rhyming text was okay, didn't really add anything to the story, this might have worked better as a story without text.

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Set in the wilderness and coastal waters of SE Alaska, an Alaskan Native family teaches their daughter to "grab a bucket" to harvest nature's many Alaskan bounties all year long. The poetic text and third person point-of-view, combined with dreamy double-page watercolor illustrations create a magical look into what the subsistence lifestyle of SE Alaska looks like through the eyes of a child.

AK: Spruce Tips, Cedar, Raven, Seal Fat, Berries, Raven, Crab, Sockeye, Clams, Buck, Herring Eggs, Moccasins

Activity: Talk to your students about the different things they can harvest locally and during which season they are ready to be harvested.

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Read 6 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. "Let's Go!" is a children's story that teaches about subsistence harvesting activities of th...

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written by Teri Sloat and Betty Huffman, illustrated by Teri Sloat Alaska Northwest, 2004 ​ • Ben Franklin Silver Medal • Kirkus Starred Review • First Alaskans Program •…

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Scroll down for links to download or order free copies of this Alaska-based online safety comic book.

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The story brings readers into the life of one particular child, who has already learned about Celebration and who eagerly anticipates the event. Illustrated by Tlingit artist Jaax̱snée Kelsey Mata Foote and authored by Tlingit writer and artist Da.áat Lily Hope.

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If you have some extra money to spend, Kiwi kits get kids and families talking, reading & doing together.

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Seriously fun hands-on learning for curious kids of all ages | KiwiCo

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KiwiCo delivers kids' subscription boxes and STEM, STEAM, science and art kits that provide serious fun and hands-on learning. Find subscription boxes for kids of all ages today!

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The Alaska Reads Act - Education and Early Development

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Mailing AddressAlaska Dept. of Education & Early DevelopmentPO Box 110500Juneau, AK 99811-0500

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Educators from Northwest Arctic report that this book captured kids' attention.

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Mindy Dwyer captures the magic of the Northern Lights i…

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An old Inuit woman takes in a polar bear cub and raises him until others in the village become jealous of the bear's hunting prowess, threatening to kill him. The old woman sends her beloved bear away, but continues to meet him far out on the ice where her polar bear "son" gives her food to eat.

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Jean Craighead George and John Schoenherr

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Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)

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Alone and lost—on the North Slope of Alaska Miyax rebel…

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EXAMPLE Spring Culture Week 2026 in Pilot Station celebrated Yup’ik traditions through dancing, games, arts, and storytelling, promoting cultural pride, learning, and community unity.

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Culture Week at Pilot Station School kicked off with a Morning Circle on Yup'ik values, followed by Kahoot games, Eskimo dancing, N.Y.O. activities, arts and crafts, and intercultural videos-celebrating tradition, learning, and community.

Day 2 of Spring Culture Week at Pilot Station School featured a Morning Circle on "Helping Each Other," along with arts and crafts, a Yup'ik Spelling Bee, Native Youth Olympics, Kahoot games, and cultural videos-celebrating learning, tradition, and community.

Today's Culture Week featured Eskimo dancing, arts and crafts, and the Filipino game Patintero. Students also joined a Morning Circle on cooperation and a Yup'ik Spelling Bee, celebrating culture, teamwork, and language learning.

Day 4 focused on the Yup'ik value of respecting animals. The highlight was moose hunting, followed by butchering, cooking moose soup, and baking cookies. Students also enjoyed Kahoot and the Filipino game Batuhang Bola.

On the final day, we began with a Morning Circle on humility, followed by Eskimo dancing. Students competed in the Yup'ik Spelling Bee and Kahoot finals, with winners recognized and awarded certificates.

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Spring Culture Week 2026 in Pilot Station celebrated Yup'ik traditions through dancing, games, arts, and storytelling, promoting cultural pride, learning, and community unity.

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EXAMPLE Digital book highlighting Fall Culture Week 2024–2025 in Pilot Station, showcasing Yupik traditions, student projects, and interactive storytelling for cultural preservation.

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“Digital Storytelling for Cultural Preservation: E-Story Alaska in Pilot Station”

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Digital book highlighting Fall Culture Week 2024–2025 in Pilot Station, showcasing Yupik traditions, student projects, and interactive storytelling for cultural preservation.

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EXAMPLE A true story of Filipino teacher Minard Abenojar sharing his culture in Alaska. Jonard, named after Minard and his wife Joan, highlights friendship, education, and cultural exchange using AI images.

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Bridges Friendship: Teacher Jonard’s Alaskan Tales (Life of a Filipino Teacher in Alaska) Teacher

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A true story of Filipino teacher Minard Abenojar sharing his culture in Alaska. Jonard, named after Minard and his wife Joan, highlights friendship, education, and cultural exchange using AI images.

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After showing the kids how to prepare for a fishing trip, Grandma and the kids enjoy a day of jigging in the ice for fish. Grandma shows them every step they need to know to complete a successful fishing trip, from what clothes to wear, to how to drill and clear holes in the ice, and to how to make a traditional Inuit

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The Very, Very Far North: The Very, Very Far North, Book 1

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Amazon.com: The Very, Very Far North: The Very, Very Far North, Book 1 (Audible Audio Edition): Dan Bar-el, Tim Campbell, Tantor Media: Books

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Curated by Dr. Freddy Hiebert, a keynote speaker at the 2026 Alaska Reading Symposium, this site offers FREE texts & tools.

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TextProject is the only website with student texts and teacher guides based on the science of reading-available for free download. Download our research-based, open-access resources for teachers, teacher educators, parents, tutors, and students.

TextProject is the only website with high-quality student texts and teacher guides that are all available for free download.

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Vocabulary instruction through networks of words

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A blog and video series based on evidence from reading research

A blog and video series based on evidence from reading research

Free Classroom Materials for Teaching Reading

Classroom-proven resources including favorite books, reading passages, vocabulary lessons, word pictures, literacy lists & forms.

Free Student Texts

Free texts for reading instruction! TextProject is the sole website with free texts based on the science of reading.

For programs such as BeginningReaders and FYI for Kids, world-renowned researcher and teacher educator, Patricia Cunningham, has written lessons to accompany the texts.

Vocabulary Instruction

Vocabulary is the strongest predictor of reading comprehension. TextProject provides free resources for the four kinds of vocabulary words that contribute to reading comprehension: core, academic, content-area, and literary.

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Strategies, tools, and texts to bring beginning and struggling readers to proficient levels of literacy

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Ayudano a los niños leer… y a triunfar – Alaska Family Engagement Center

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Alaska Family Engagement Center was made possible by the U.S. Department of Education. Reference Grant Award Number: #S310A220012 ALASKA.

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Another site that offers books at wholesale prices!

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A Certified Women Owned children’s book company, specializing in distributing children’s books and sole source collections to literacy programs across the US.

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A beautiful coming-of-age story, to talk about worries, fears and trying something new.

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Growing up in the Iñupiaq culture! By Tricia Brown Illustrated by Sarah Martinsen Alaska Northwest Books September 1, 2014Hardbound ISBN 978-1-941821-07-7 Softbound ISBN 978-1-941821-66-4; $10.99 C…

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Alaskan Artist Michaela Goade reads her new book Moon Song and walks through how to create a watercolor image.

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“Moon Song” A Winter Read Aloud & Drawing Activity For Kids | Read & Draw Along™

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Recommended by cultural leaders from the Lower Yukon, a beautiful story of learning to use tools to foster independence.

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Two Canes on the Tundra – Orange Hat Publishing

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Two Canes on the Tundra By Mary Tellefson SUMMARY: Two Canes on the Tundra features a twelve-year-old Alaskan Yupik boy who is the only blind person in his village. Teasing at school has caused him to reject the tool he needs to reach his goal of not needing to be guided: a mobility cane. But is the teasing any worse than relying on his cousin to guide him everywhere he wants to go? Through the stories his Grandfather tells about ancestors surviving the Alaskan Wilderness using various tools, Apu begins to view his cane as a tool for self-sufficiency and a path to the kind of courage he admires. This story highlights the importance of supportive relationships within a culture and the continuity of ancestral courage. Themes of interdependence, independence, bullying, disability, the power of storytelling, native culture, and resilience make this a perfect choice for classrooms, individuals, and families. Author Mary Tellefson has been a teacher for visually impaired and blind students, ages birth to 98, for over 40 years. A well-respected professional in her field, she has given workshops all over the US and has published in multiple peer-review journals. Her inspiration for Two Canes on the Tundra came from her time working for Portland State University in their teacher training program, during which she accompanied a practicum student to a remote Alaskan village to observe her work with a blind Yupik boy. There, she sensed some cultural sensitivity to using the white cane and wondered how she might influence a more positive perception of the cane in a culturally respectful way. It occurred to her that storytelling and ceremony are the media for passing values from generation to generation in any culture, which inspired her to write this story and to rely on storytelling within it as a way to resolve Apu’s dilemma. She was privileged to find a Yupik illustrator to provide the beautiful artwork within, which was one of many measures taken to help keep the story culturally authentic. Mary has two more publications upcoming. Blooming Besties (Orange Hat Publishing) is the story of a blind elementary school student, Ruby, and her goofy, sighted sidekick, Charleigh. Themes of blindness, using a cane, responsibility, lying, bullying, no-tolerance policies, inclusion and growing up with a best friend weave together a storyline spanning the girls’ fourth through seventh grade years. A professional text entitled Culturally Responsive Orientation and Mobility Career, College and Community Readiness Standards is in publication with Austin Macauley Publishers. Illustrator Destine Poulsen is a first-time book illustrator. She is well known in her native Yupik culture for winning the Festival of Native Arts logo contest in 2020. If this book is out of stock, contact Michael (michael@orangehatpublishing.com) for order options.