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1) Sled Dogs
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When a team of sled dogs hear their musher yell "Hike," they take off through the snow. They race across a frozen lake, pulling their heavy sled behind them. These hard-working canines are helping people in Alaska travel from one town to another. In this exciting introduction to sled dogs, beginning readers will learn all about the brave and loyal dogs that won't let freezing temperatures, harsh winds, and lots of snow keep them from getting the job...
2) Sled Dogs
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In this book, readers explore how dog teams work together to pull sleds, as well as the skills and training this work requires. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with plenty of colorful photos to make reading engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading. Apex books have low reading levels (grades 2-3)...
3) Sled Dogs
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Did you know that dogs have pulled sleds for more than 1,000 years? Some North American Aboriginal people used dog sleds as their main mode of transportation. Learn more about the work these dogs do in Sled Dogs, a title in the Dogs with Jobs series. Each Dogs with Jobs title features easy-to-read text, stunning visuals, and a challenging educational activity. Dogs with Jobs is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page...
4) Sled Dogs
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Racing over snow and pulling a heavy a sled is all in a day's work for these snow dogs. Learn what it takes to be a sled dog.
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Narrates how sled dogs are trained and offers real-life examples of the dogs in action. Additional features include a table of contents, a bullet-point summary of the job, questions to spark critical thinking, a selected bibliography, sources to guide further research, a phonetic glossary, and an index.
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Being dragged, face down, across a frozen Arctic lake behind a team of sled dogs, was the start of my 30-year love affair with mushing. Over the past three decades of adventure, the dogs have provided lessons about love, teamwork, humility, humor and sometimes even death. This is a collection of some of the stories I wrote for an older blog..
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Curioisity Quest volume 10
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Have you ever wondered how dog sled teams practice in the summertime? Venture through this episode as we visit a dog sled camp as they demonstrate how these incredible creatures stay fit in between dog sled races.
11) The Husky Howls: A Story of a musher and the history of the Currumpaw Siberian sled dogs in America
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My brother Denny was unable to publish his book because on April 30th, 2004 he was killed in a motorcycle accident. During Easter, he was talking about having a book signing once it was published. He was so happy with how it turned out and all the great feedback he received from family & friends the read his manuscript. I was fortunate to spend quality time with him during Easter. We never know when the angel of death is going to come for us. He took...
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"Jake and Kamik are finally ready to run their first dog sled race with a full team! But there is a lot to do to prepare, and Jake must follow his uncle's lead if he and his dogs are going to be ready for the early spring race. Kamik Takes the Lead is the fourth installment in the Kamik series of books following Kamik: An Inuit Puppy Story, Kamik's First Sled, and Kamik Joins the Pack. Books in this series share traditional dog-rearing practices and...
14) Balto
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1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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The remarkable true story of a hero who inspired a nation and became a legend. This is the story of Balto, a sled dog who doesn't know where he belongs until a tragedy forces him to find his noble spirit and restore hope to a small town.
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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Adapted from the beloved literary classic, this film is the story of Buck, a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life is turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail delivery dog sled team, and later its leader, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime, ultimately finding his true place in...
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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
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Most people know the story of Balto, the world famous dog who led his dogsled team through a blizzard to deliver a lifesaving serum to the stricken people of Nome, Alaska, in 1925. Balto shot to instant stardom; a company named dog food after him, a famous sculptor erected a statue of him that stands in Central Park to this day, and the dog even starred in his own Hollywood movie. But what happened to Balto after the hoopla died down? With a lively,...
18) Yukon: sled dog
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32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm
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Sled dogs must love to run. Sled dogs must be strong. Sled dogs must obey commands. Sled dogs must get along with teammates. Puppy Yukon is the only girl in her litter, and she's got high energy. Could she be a leader in the sled dog team? Trainer Roberta works with the puppies. Yukon is faster and smarter than her brothers. Roberta thinks Yukon can help lead the team! Yukon continues to train with her team for two long years. Is she finally ready...
19) The dog's meow
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When Mina takes in an abandoned kitten in the outskirts of Fairbanks, Alaska, her team of sled dogs raise the kitten to pant like a dog, play fetch like a dog, and even want to become a sled dog herself.
20) Ice dogs
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279 pages ; 20 cm
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In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness.
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