Gary Paulsen, three-time Newbery Honor author, is no stranger to adventure. He has flown off the back of a dogsled and down a frozen waterfall to near disaster, and waited for a giant bear to seal his fate with one slap of a claw. He has led a team of sled dogs toward the Alaskan Mountain Range in an Iditarod -- the grueling, 1,180-mile dogsled race -- hallucinating from lack of sleep, but he determined to finish.
Here, in vivid detail, Paulsen recounts several of the remarkable experiences that shaped his life and inspired his award-winning writing.
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IN TUNE WITH HIS TEAM AND THE ARCTIC:
Paulsen's choice of the word, SONG--see WOODSONG and DOGSONG--goes beyond the expected audible and musical implications, for it embodies man and animals' in-touch-ness with static and living aspects of the natural world. Less a cohesive story with a clearly defined plot and anticipated character development this book reveals the author's reflective observations of his own maturation--as a musher and as a human being. With gritty honesty Paulsen chronicles the painful and often humiliating earning curve... more info
English Teacher Loves Gary Paulsen:
I have taught reading and writing to East Los Angeles - Hollenbeck Middle School - children of immigrants for the past three years. When I introduced "Woodsong" to my teens, I was worried that they would not be able to relate to a middle aged white guy in the snow. Not only do my "Americans of Mexican descent" love Paulsen but they love his dogs and other creatures he encounters: Scarhead, Hawk, Cookie, Columbia, Olaf, Obeah, the young dogs who discover fire, the doe that escapes into Paulsen's campsite,... more info
an awsome book from joey in buckley washington:
One big race This is the book by the name of Woodsong by Gary Paulsen. Most of the book takes place in Alaska at the Iditarod. A lot of work Gary Paulsen trained a lot for the Iditarod. When he's training a lot of humorous stuff happens, like when they come across a dead frozen deer. There were also a lot of weird things that happen, like a chipmunk-eating squirrel. In the Iditarod Paulsen endures freezing negative weather. There are rumors everywhere and some of them are pretty scary,... more info
an awsome book from joey in buckley washington:
One big race This is the book by the name of Woodsong by Gary Paulsen. Most of the book takes place in Alaska at the Iditarod. A lot of work Gary Paulsen trained a lot for the Iditarod. When he's training a lot of humorous stuff happens, like when they come across a dead frozen deer. There were also a lot of weird things that happen, like a chipmunk-eating squirrel. In the Iditarod Paulsen endures freezing negative weather. There are rumors everywhere and some of them are pretty scary,... more info
