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True canine stories from Alaska including Balto, Togo, Tekla and more.
Ages 6-9

A true story about how the runt of the litter became the lead sled dog.

Ages 4 – 8

Lexile AD590 (Adult Directed)

The story of the 1925 serum race to Nome is told in this Step Into Reading book.

Grades 1 – 3

Lexile 510

Fountas & Pinnell: L

Douggie: The Playful Pup Who Became a Sled Dog Hero

Flowers pays tribute to the class-clown puppy who, with patient training, became the lead dog for a 325-mile expedition to the Magnetic North Pole.

Ages 5-8

Lexile 690

This picture book biography of Matthew Henson features the importance of sled dogs to the mission.
Ages 6-10

A lost puppy, given a home at a kennel in Fairbanks, becomes an Iditarod legend.
Ages 4 – 8