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Middle Grades NonFiction Books Title: Author (Copyright Date): Notes: Champion of Alaskan Huskies: Joe Redington, Sr., Father of the Iditarod Katie Mangelsdorf (2011) Joe Redington Sr. was an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams—and buckets of determination! His vision was as vast as the majestic Alaska landscape he loved to explore. This firsthand account is of …
Middle Grades Fiction Title: Author (Copyright Date): Notes: Black Star, Bright Dawn Scott O’Dell (1988) Bright Dawn encounters the challenges of the Iditarod sled dog race alone when her father is injured. Grades 5-7 Lexile: 670 / F&P: V Diamond Willow Helen Frost (2008) Twelve-year-old Willow convinces her parents to let her take a dog …
Elementary Nonfiction Books Title: Author (Copyright Date): Notes: The Adventures of Balto Patricia Chargot (2006) Chargot allows the reader to gain a richer understanding about Balto and the role he played in the 1925 Serum Run. Ages 9-11 Born to Pull Bob Carey (1999) With illustrations by Gail de Marcken, author Carey introduces dog …
Non-Fiction Title Author (Copyright Date) Notes Adventures of the Iditarod Air Force: True Stories About the Pilots Who Fly for Alaska’s Famous Sled Dog Race Ted Mattson (1997) Shares stories of the volunteer pilots’ stories about what happens above the trail. Alaskan Sled Dog Tales Helen Hegener (2018) Shares the important stories of sled dogs …
This question comes from Mrs. Dagenais’ Class in Baltimore: How does a musher stop their team of sled dogs? Gary Paulsen describes in Dogteam the beauty of a winter night run with a team of dogs pulling the sled taking you on a wonderful ride along a trail. Paulsen shares the beauty of the energy …
Living in Ohio, and being an Ohio State alum, each year I look forward to the start of the college football season. After the delayed start this year, I was excited to have this sense of “normalcy” return a couple weeks ago with the return of Big 10 football. Just like the mushers of …
Tails from the Trail Today was the Ceremonial Start of the 2020 Iditarod in downtown Anchorage. I arrived in downtown several hours before the start and was able to enjoy the sights and sounds of the musher’s preparing. Trucks, equipment, and dogs lined 4th Avenue and many of the side streets. I walked along listening …
Kristy Berington is currently getting ready to run her 10th Iditarod! Most Iditarod and mushing fans know that Kristy has an identical twin sister, Anna, who also is a musher. Kristy also happens to be married to Andy Pohl, who finished his first Iditarod in 2018. Together, Andy, Anna and Kristy run Seeing Double …
“You’re never the same, after you run the Iditarod, and I still lust to go out and run with dogs, even though that I know I shouldn’t. But I’d give just about anything to be able to do it again. To see the horizon again from the back of a dog team would be wonderful.” …
Wondering who the lucky person in the sled of your favorite musher is? Meet the 2018 IditaRiders here! They are in the final countdown to their amazing ride at the start of the 2018 Iditarod! Be sure to cheer them and their teams on as the hit the trail! IditaRider All About… Riding With… Monika …
