Thursday, April 27, 2006
Rivers – A Uniquely Alaskan Writer
Shhhhh! Rivers is busy “barking” out answers to the more than 600 emails he gets every month from kids, and yes, even some adults. (OK, even I write to him occasionally.) He also has a free e-mail newsletter that he "barks" to over 1000 subscribers about his adventures.
So, why is this person “barking”, you ask? Well, because Rivers is not a human but rather a blind Alaskan sled dog (He writes with “bark” recognition software…) who lives with his humans, Mike and Mary Dillingham, and several canine family members, in Palmer, Alaska. Mike is the author of two wonderful books about Rivers and his adventures: "Rivers, Diary of Blind Alaska Racing Sled Dog" and “Rivers, Through the Eyes of a Blind Dog”. These books, and Rivers’ series of "Teachers Letters", addressing such things as cheating, lying, racism, etc., are widely used in classrooms across America.
Rivers’ human, Mike, is currently working with him on a third volume of adventures to be released soon.
To see a picture of Rivers and learn more about Rivers and Mike,
go to http://home.gci.net/~sleddog/ You can also send Rivers an email or order books from this site as well.
Shhhhh! Rivers is busy “barking” out answers to the more than 600 emails he gets every month from kids, and yes, even some adults. (OK, even I write to him occasionally.) He also has a free e-mail newsletter that he "barks" to over 1000 subscribers about his adventures.
So, why is this person “barking”, you ask? Well, because Rivers is not a human but rather a blind Alaskan sled dog (He writes with “bark” recognition software…) who lives with his humans, Mike and Mary Dillingham, and several canine family members, in Palmer, Alaska. Mike is the author of two wonderful books about Rivers and his adventures: "Rivers, Diary of Blind Alaska Racing Sled Dog" and “Rivers, Through the Eyes of a Blind Dog”. These books, and Rivers’ series of "Teachers Letters", addressing such things as cheating, lying, racism, etc., are widely used in classrooms across America.
Rivers’ human, Mike, is currently working with him on a third volume of adventures to be released soon.
To see a picture of Rivers and learn more about Rivers and Mike,
go to http://home.gci.net/~sleddog/ You can also send Rivers an email or order books from this site as well.
# posted by Pat : 3:58 PM
