Alaska's 12 Days of Summer
Illustrated Edition
Blue Star Press · Print & ebook · March 4, 2003
Best-selling Paws IV illustrator Shannon Cartwright is back with this charming children's book based on the infectious rhythms of the classic song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.' Here, the famous 'partridge in a pear tree' becomes a 'black bear in a spruce tree,' while the fifth day of summer in Alaska yields everything from swans and wood frogs to bald eagles and moose.
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- Who it’s for
- Sing the familiar Christmas tune while Alaska’s animals accumulate page by page, ready to be counted.
- Themes
- Alaskan wildlife, Animal counting, Song-based read-along
- Genres
- Animal Stories, Nursery Rhymes, Bear Stories
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Best-selling Paws IV illustrator Shannon Cartwright is back with this charming children's book based on the infectious rhythms of the classic song 'The Twelve Days of Christmas.' Here, the famous 'partridge in a pear tree' becomes a 'black bear in a spruce tree,' while the fifth day of summer in Alaska yields everything from swans and wood frogs to bald eagles and moose.
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Count Alaska’s famous wild animals while singing along to the well-known tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” On each page, more and more animals appear, starting with starting with a single bear in a spruce tree and growing until animals are everywhere, waiting to be discovered and counted.
Alaska’s Animal Song
Sing the familiar Christmas tune while Alaska’s animals accumulate page by page, ready to be counted.
Come here for
- Alaska’s wild animals recast in the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
- Count bears, wood frogs, bald eagles, moose, and more.
Expect
- A black bear in a spruce tree replaces the partridge.
- More animals appear on each page, from swans and wood frogs to moose.
Where it sits
| Nursery Rhymes | 49% |
|---|---|
| Animal Stories | 35% |
| Bear Stories | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Deer, Moose & Caribou
- Polar Regions Stories
- Nursery Rhymes
- Authors
- Pat Chamberlin-Calamar
- Publisher
- Blue Star Press
- Published
- March 4, 2003
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Alaskan wildlife · Animal counting · Song-based read-along
- Reading lane
- Deer, Moose & Caribou