sled dogs

Follow the adventures of Buck, who is stolen from his home to become a sled dog in the Yukon gold rush territory as he learns to survive.

Text and photographs describe the sport of sled dog racing, focusing on the Iditarod race in Alaska and discussing how dogs are raised and trained as racers, the history of sled dog racing, and how the sport is practiced in North America.

In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.

As Irish teenager Gr?inne anxiously prepares for a reunion with her mother, who abandoned the family years before, Gr?inne's half-brothers and their mother take a dogsledding vacation in Finland.

Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

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.

The heartwarming tale of Isobel, a sled dog that became blind but pined to be allowed back in races and still helped win them, opens this work. That story is followed by information on the first dogs in the Arctic, their adaptation to that frigid environment, the dogs' use in the gold rush and in a 1925 diphtheria outbreak in Alaska, and the Iditarod. Sidebars include one on the commands used with sled dogs.

Presents a children's story that follows a young girl and three young sled dogs as they train and prepare for their first solo run.

A collection of facts about famous sled dogs of Alaska and the jobs they perform including Balto, a sled dog who helped save a town and other dogs who have raced in the Iditarod.

Ziva, a "wind-wild" young sled dog, decides whether to stay with the man who has trained her or to run free with the wolves and wind.