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The Iditarod and Balto, the Sled Dog

Curious to learn about the Iditarod, Balto and sled dogs? Here are items from our catalog available to check out.

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13 items

  • Togo to the Rescue

    How a Heroic Husky Saved the Lives of Children in Alaska

    Potter, Mélisande,
    "An inspiring picture book that explores the true story of Togo, the heroic Siberian Husky who traveled over 250 miles through a terrifying snowstorm to help deliver life-saving medicine to people in need, saving the lives of many"-- ages 4-8
    Book, 2024New York : Christy Ottaviano Books : Little, Brown and Company, 2024. — E POTTER
  • Shares the story of the brave sled dog that raced across Alaska to provide lifesaving medicine to Nome, Alaska. ages 4-8
    Book, 2020New York : A Golden Book, [2020] — E LOVITT
  • Balto

    3-movie Adventure Pack

    All 3 movies about Balto, rated G
    DVD, 2016Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2016] — DVD J BALTO
  • Togo & Balto

    the Dogs Who Saved a Town

    Parachini, Jodie,
    In 1925 Balto and Togo, two Siberian huskies, are part of the relay race that pushes through a blizzard to bring a needed diptheria serum from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, to save its children. Includes a fact sheet. ages 4-10
    Book, 2022Chicago, Illinois : Albert Whitman & Company, 2022. — E 636.70886 PARACHINI
  • Can Balto find his way through the terrible storm? Find out in this exciting true story! As an Ebook, able to be read on many types of devices. ages 5-10
    eBook, 2014Random House Children's Books, 2014
  • "Jack and Annie travel back in time to 1925 Nome, Alaska, where they meet Balto, the famous sled dog, and help save the town from illness"-- ages 7-10
    Book, 2016New York : Random House, [2016] — ER OSBORNE
  • Returning from their adventure in Balto of the Blue Dawn, Jack and Annie learn fun facts about sled dogs, the Iditarod and other extreme sports, from the X Games to Ironman competitions. ages 7-10
    Book, 2016New York : Random House, [2016] — J 798.8 OSBORNE
  • Small, feisty Siberian husky Togo—the overlooked sled-dog hero of the 1925 serum run to Nome—sets the record straight in Dog Diaries #4! Told from the dog's point of view. ages 7-10
    eBook, 2014Random House Children's Books, 2014
  • Balto and Togo

    a Story of Grit and Guts. Of Great Leadership and Even Greater Teamwork. And Maybe a Little Luck.

    Moss, Helen, 1964-
    In the winter of 1924 two sled dogs, Togo and Balto, race against time to deliver a diptheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska and stop the deadly illness from spreading. ages 10 and Up
    Book, 2023New York : Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2023. — J MOSS
  • From Booklist Through the challenge of running a sled-dog team in the Arctic, Russel connects his present with the past. He learns, with the help of his grandfather, to listen to the ancient music of the "dogsong," bridging the snowmobiling of his…
    eBook, 2012Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012
  • McKenna, fourteen, is losing her vision to Stargardt's disease, but that will not stop her from competing in a rigorous new sled dog race through the Canadian wilderness. ages 10 and Up
    Book, 2019Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2019] — J JOHNSON
  • Lost at Windy River

    a True Story of Survival

    Rathgeber, Trina,
    This graphic novel for middle-grade readers tells the true story of how a young Indigenous girl survives nine days lost in a snowstorm in Northern Canada.
    Book, 2024Victoria, British Columbia : Orca Book Publishers, 2024. — J 613.69 RATHGEBER GRAPHIC NOVEL COLL