Sled Dogs

by Lori Haskins Houran

From working dogs in earlier times to sports champions today, sled dogs are sure to capture children's attention. InSled Dogs, young readers will meet many dogs that compete alongside their handlers, or "mushers," in popular winter races across the frozen terrain. Readers will learn the history of sled dogs as they meet Balto, a heroic working dog that raced 50 miles through blizzards to transport medicine for sick patients in Nome, Alaska, in 1925...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597161713
• ISBN13: 9781597161718
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Bearport Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.1" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 7 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 7