num_pages: 80
description: An experienced Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen celebrates his lead dog and longtime companion, Cookie, in this intimate essay. Paulsen takes readers inside the kennel as Cookie’s last litter of pups grow and learn to pull sleds across the snowy frontier. Includes an author's note.
language: English
title: Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
titlecomplete: Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers
genres: Dogs, Biography, Autobiography, Childrens, Kids, Nonfiction, Biography Memoir, Animals, Adventure, Memoir
ratings_count: 784
places: Minnesota
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Clarion Books