The Mystery on Alaska's Iditarod Trail

 Carole Marsh

List Price: $5.95

This Carole Marsh Mystery has four real kids head to Alaska for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race! What follows is a wild ride through gold rush history in pursuit of a runaway team, a renegade musher, and a mystery that needs to be solved...quickly! Winner of Teaching Magazine's 2004 Teacher's Choice Award, this chapter book will have your child turning pages and reading like never before!
Danger the Dog Yard Cat

 Libbie Riddles

Shelley Gill

Illustrated by Shannon Cartwright

List Price: $9.95

In 1985, Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod. Danger, her cat, is a REAL cat, who lives with her and 57 sled dogs outside Nome, Alaska. When Danger's boss can't find a lead dog, Danger's husky pal Mudshark barks up that Danger can lead the team! Will they make it to Nome? Beautifully illustrated, this book is a great bedtime book read. It will quickly become a favorite of kids and their parents alike.
Bomo and the Beef Snacks

Jim Derrickson

List Price: $19.99

A Story of Friendship and Promises Along the Iditarod Trail

Bomo and the team are racing to Nome in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race! But...wait! Something's gone wrong! Can Bomo and the team make it to Nome while keeping their promises to one another? Beautifully illustrated with watercolor pictures that capture the thousand colors of winter white, this book will enchant both reader and audience.

Granite

Susan Butcher and David Monson

Illustrated by Sarah Douglas

List Price: $9.95

No selection of mushing and dog books for kids would be complete without this book by the late- mushing great Susan Butcher and husband David Monson.  Susan was a four-time Iditarod champion, and this is the story of her greatest lead dog--Granite.  Granite didn't start out destined for greatness, though; he was shy and scraggy, and not very champion-like when he bullied the other pups--a real diamond in the rough.  While training for the Iditarod, Granite became ill.  I won't give more away because it's such a wonderful book about the bond between an incredible musher and a terrific dog.

Dogteam

Gary Paulsen

Illustrated by Ruth Wright Paulsen

List Price: $6.99

Running a dogteam at night, under moonlight, with a headlamp, over newly-fallen snow. Paulsen's book captures the beauty and power and sheer joy of a team of dogs doing what they love. Ruth Paulsen's illustrations capture the eagerness, the elation, the excitement of the dogs as they whisk silently across the trail--leaving vapor trails of breath in the moonlight. Wow. A wonderful book for your future musher.