Literature List

This page is dedicated to listing the various and favorite literature selections pertaining to the Iditarod sled dog race, sledding, wolves, and dogs. Most of these selections are currently in print and available through local bookstores.We've used these for teacher-guided reading, literature circles, or I-Did-A-Read challenge books. You will notice a RL behind each book when available. This should assist you in choosing the appropriate reading level book for individuals. A few of the authors below either have their own websites or information you might find useful. Please click on their link.

You can also get a complete synopsis of each title at Amazon.com

Black Star, Bright Dawn (Scott O'Dell) RL5

Julie of the Wolves (Jean Craighead George) RL6

Far North (Will Hobbs)

Silver (Gloria Whelan) RL 3.3

Child of the Wolves (Elizabeth Hall)

Puppies, Dogs, and Blue Northers (Gary Paulsen) RL5

Call of the Wild (Jack London) RL 6

White Fang (Jack London) RL6

I Am the Iceworm (Mary Ann Easley) RL4.5

The Hour of the Wolf (Patricia Calvert) RL5

Iditarod-The Greatest Win Ever RL5

Stone Fox (Scott Gardner) RL3.5

Wolfling (Stuart North) RL6

Dogsong (Gary Paulsen) RL 5

Woodsong (Gary Paulsen) RL6

Dusty's Iditarod Dream (Ted Wood)

Mush (Patricia Siebert) RL3

Kiana's Iditarod (Shelley Gill) RL3

Iditarod Classics (Lew Freedman)

Iditarod Spirit (Kim Heacox) Excellent picture resource!

Sled Dog Racer (Mary Crisman)

Dashing Through the Snow (Sherry Shahan)

Iditarod Country (Tricia Brown/Jeff Schultz)

The Fan's Guide to the Iditarod (Mary H. Hood)

Iditarod Dreams (DeeDee Jonrowe)

Balto (Natalie Standiford) RL3

...If you Lived in the Alaskan Territory (Nancy Smiler Levinson) RL3

Akiak (Robert J. Blake) RL3

Iditarod Silver (Lew Freedman/Jeff Schultz)

Wolves (Seymour Simon)

Life in the Polar Lands (Monica Byles)

Inatuk's Friend (Suzanne Stark Morrow) RL 3

Ka-ha-si and the Loon (Terri Cohlene) Legend book

Kavik The Wolf Dog (Walt Morey) RL5

Murder on the Iditarod Trail (Sue Henry) Language and violent situations...Teacher read only...I kept students from this book.

Alaska and the Yukon (Joyce Walker)

Polar Bears Past Bedtime (Mary Pope Osborne) RL3

Dogteam (Gary Paulsen) RL 3.5

Three Dog Winter (Elizabeth Van Steenwyk) RL4.5

Danger, The Dog Yard Cat (Libby Riddles) RL3

The Eagle's Shadow (Nora Martin) RL5

Mama, Do You Love Me (Barbara M. Joose) RL1

Hannah's Alaska (Joanne Reiser)

Arctic Son (Jean Craighead George) RL3

Ka-ha-si and the Loon (Terri Cohlene) RL4

The Bite of the Gold Bug (Barthe Declements) RL5

Eskimo Boy (Life in an Inupiaq Eskimo Village) by Russ Kendell

Foxy's Tale (Ed White & Donna Freedman)

Winterdance (Gary Paulsen)

Storm Run (Libby Riddles)

Glory Trail (Taramesha Maniatty)

Racing the Iditarod Trail (Ruth Crisman)

A Day in the Life of a Puppy (Peter & Susan Barrett)

Sled Dog Trails ( Mary Shields)

Where's the Boss (Lois Harter)

Iditarod - Women on the Trail (Nicki Nielsen)

Susan Butcher & the Iditarod Trail (Ellen Dolan)

The Iditarod Fact Book (Sue Mattson)

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