Kiana's
IditarodBooks and Videos About The Iditarod
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by Shelley Gill, Cartwright Shannon (Illustrator), Shannon Cartwright (Illustrator)
Story about the famous 1130 mile race as seen through the eyes of lead dog Kiana.
Mush!
Across Alaska in the World's Longest Sled-Dog Race
by Patricia Seibert, Jan Davey Ellis (Illustrator)
BOOKLIST;
September 15, 1992
Gr. 2-4 Children often assume that all dogs are pets. But the sled dogs that run
in the annual 1,000-plus-mile Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, are
work dogs, just as their ancestors were. The race was organized...in 1973 as a
tribute to the sled dogs that delivered lifesaving diphtheria medicine to Nome
in 1925. This striking volume...begins with a history of the relationship
between the Eskimos, or Inuits, and their dogs....The smooth text is sprinkled
with fascinating details....
by Shannon Cartwright (Illustrator), Libby Riddles, Shelley R. Gill
This story is about musher Libby Riddles, her team of dogs, and Danger.
Foxy's
Tale: The True Story of a Champion Alaskan Sled Dog
by Ed White, Donna Freedman, Charles Lindemuth (Illustrator)
by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Nora Koerber (Illustrator);
When dozens of children in a remote 1925 Alaska town become seriously ill with diphtheria, they can only be saved if Balto the Siberian husky successfully leads a team of sled dogs through a dangerous blizzard to deliver their medicine.
Iditarod
Dream : Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Jr. Iditarod
by Ted Wood
This is the story of a 15 year old boy and his preparation and eventual race in the Jr. Iditarod. Great Photographs.
Lessons
My Sled Dog Taught Me : Humor and Heartwarming Tails from Alaska's Mushers
by Tricia Brown (Editor)
In this book several Alaska mushers share their thoughts about facing the weather, competition survival, what drives them, how they do it, and what it's like out there on the trail.
Storm
Run
Dashing
Through the Snow : The Story of the Jr. Iditarod
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