Musher's Night Before Christmas Hardcover - 2011

From the jacket flap

Rudolph's nose light is worn out, and Nome, Alaska, the last stop on Santa's around-the-world delivery run, is socked in with a bad snowstorm. The good children of Nome must have their toys. But who will deliver them?

Santa remembers a grown-up boy named Tom, a dog musher who lives on the Iditarod Trail. He alights on Tom's roof to ask a favor: could Tom and his team take it from here?

It's a night of adventure for eight determined dogs. They have competed in all the great races, but now the people of Nome are depending on them for another impossible run. Named after some of the most famous mushers in modern history, this crew is out to make Santa's nice list with the perseverance demanded by their sport.

During two decades in Alaska, Tricia Brown wandered the state and wrote for newspapers in Fairbanks and Anchorage. She later edited Alaska magazine before entering book publishing. She has written several award-winning children's books, including Pelican's Alaskan Night Before Christmas, and a dozen others for adults-all on Alaskan subjects. A grandmother of six, Brown lives in Oregon but travels to Alaska often to speak, research, and write.

Debra Dubac is a full-time illustrator/designer (and mom). She has a deep passion for Alaska and all its natural resources, which continuously inspire her to produce colorful expressions of some of the most admired wildlife and nature in the world. Her illustrations and designs have received recognition from the Alaska Press Club, the Advertising Federation of Alaska, and the Society of Professional Journalists. Dubac lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Citations

• Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/2012, Page 21
• Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2011, Page 0