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Akiak the sled dog refuses to give up after being injured during the Iditarod sled dog race.

Portrays the excitement, the danger, and the beauty of a night run.

A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels assailed by the modernity of his life takes a 1,400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.

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.

When the lead dog is lost, Anna, the smallest sled dog in her group, musters the courage to take his place on a dangerous journey across the North American Arctic.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Examines the work, training, and breeds of sled and cart dogs, including Siberian huskies, Bernese mountain dogs, and Newfoundlands.

Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.

The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome.

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.

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.

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.