“Gary Paulsen, three of whose books, Hatchet, Dogsong, and THE WINTERTIME Room, have already been Newbery Honor books, focuses in Puppies, Canines, and Blue Northers on Cookie, his longtime partner and lead dog in the Iditarod, the grueling Alaskan cross-country sled race… characteristically nonstop actions.” -The NY Times Reserve Review A skilled Iditarod racer, Gary Paulsen brings his like of the sport to visitors on a personal level with this seductive essay about the life of a litter of pups given birth to to pull sleds across the snowy frontier – as well as the marvel he encounters as he pieces them grow and find out.