Big-Enough Anna: The Little Sled Dog Who Braved the Arctic
with Ann Dixon, illustrated by Bill Farnsworth
Anna may be the smallest member of the dog team, but she’s surely the most determined.
In this incredible true story, Anna is picked to join a thrilling, 2,500-mile expedition across the top of the world. When the lead dog becomes lost, it’s up to Anna to take his place. Will she have what is takes to ensure the survival of all?
Arctic adventurer Pam Flowers shares Anna’s amazing story in classrooms and auditoriums all over North America. Children lean that even the smallest, seemingly the most powerless among us, are big enough to try their best.
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Book details
- Author
- Pam Flowers, Ann Dixon
- Illustrator
- Bill Farnsworth
- Imprint
- Alaska Northwest Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 32
- Formats
- Hardcover, Paperback
- Ages
- 5-8
- Subjects
- Juvenile Nonfiction › Animals › Dogs
- Topics
- sled dogs · Arctic expedition · dogsledding · Alaska · true story · courage and perseverance · working animals
- ISBN-13
- 9781513141756 (Hardcover)9780882405803 (Paperback)
About the author
PAM FLOWERS is the fourteenth recipient of the Gold Medal from the Society of Woman Geographers and the author of Ordinary Dogs, Extraordinary Friendships, Ellie’s Long Walk, Hug a Husky, Douggie, and, with Ann Dixon, Alone Across the Arctic: One Woman’s Epic Journey by Dog Team and Big-Enough Anna.
Flowers was named Outsider of the Year by Outside Magazine.
When she’s not writing, Flowers has participated in nine Arctic expeditions, completed a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, and spoken to more than 700,000 students at over 1,200 schools, as well as at the Smithsonian, the St. Louis Science Center, and hundreds of public libraries.