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1) Sled dogs
Author
Series
Publisher
Crestwood House
Pub. Date
c1985.
Physical Desc
47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history of sled dogs, the characteristics of various sled dog breeds, how they are trained, and the different types of races in which they participate. Includes a glossary of terms.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sammy Day takes a job with Bill the Dogman, a peculiar man who breeds sled dogs, despite warnings that he could never survive. If he makes it a year and a day, Goldie Mahan will marry him. After the first day he begins to doubt if he will survive, but he is too stubborn to quit"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"She's always determined to be the stable, reliable one. But now her commitment may destroy her. On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs and welcoming the new additions to her family through her sisters' marriages and an upcoming birth. But her life is full of complications, including an estranged father, that have her on the edge of losing control. Growing up, she was the strong sister, and she can't give that up now.When...
8) Togo
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 22 x 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.
10) Alaska
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Questar
Pub. Date
c2003
Edition
[Widescreen.]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The first program explores the reasons why the population of the Stellar sea lions of Alaska has dropped 70-80% since the 1970s. The second program follows mushers and their dogs along the 1,100 mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race through Alaska. Depicts the strong bond between the mushers and their dogs that is essential for survival.
11) Bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
75 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need.
12) Snow dogs
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Edition
Full screen.
Physical Desc
1 DVD video (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After being named in his birth mother's will, Miami dentist Ted Brooks travels to Alaska to claim the inheritance, her team of sled dogs. Now he must learn how to race them or give them up to a crusty mountain man who wants the dogs for himself.
13) Painter and Ugly
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Painter and Ugly, two sled dogs who are inseparable best friends, are put on different teams for the Junior Iditarod, but they manage to find their way back to one another for the big race.
Publisher
20th Century Fox
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in...
15) Dog driven
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness.--
16) Woodsong
Author
Publisher
Bradbury Press
Pub. Date
c1990.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
132 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
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