"This book is terrific...I promise you, short of getting on a dog sled, traveling into the darkness, and running the Iditarod yourself, this will be the next best thing to being there."--Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press Blinding Blizzards. Freezing wind. Paralyzingly cold temperatures. The 1,100-mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race is an annual marathan run from Anchorage to Nome across the nation's most forbidding and dangerous territory. The competitors in one of the world's toughest endurance contests must be resourceful, rugged, and resilient. Sometimes, they must make life and death choices. These...

Picking up where the best-selling Iditarod Classics left off, More Iditarod Classics introduces readers to more of the men and women who brave the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome. And do they ever have stories to tell In their own words, champions and lesser-knowns share their very best stories--how they came to love the race, train their dogs and themselves, and battle all manner of winter hardships challenging the elements in what some have called the most extreme long-distance competition in the world.

In Honey Paw and Lightfoot, readers are given a firsthand, compelling glimpse of grizzly bears. Illuminated by Jonathan s London spare, lyrical text and Jon Van Zyle s spectacular illustrations, this is the story of mama bear Honey Paw and her offspring Lightfoot, from his earliest days as a newborn, no bigger than a hamster, to curious cub to adolescent bear ready to head off on his own. And tor readers who want to learn more, there is an afterword providing detailed information about grizzly bears including their relationship to indigenous cultures of the north and threats to their...

In IDITAROD ADVENTURES, mushers explain why they have chosen this rugged lifestyle, what has kept them in long-distance mushing, and the experiences they have endured along that unforgiving trail between Anchorage and Nome.
Renowned sports writer Lew Freedman profiles 23 mushers men, women, Natives, seasoned veterans, and some relatively new to the demanding sport, many of whom are so well-known in Alaska that fans refer to them only by their first names. The book also features interviews with administrators who organize the event and make sure it happens every year, volunteers, and...

Follow precious Little Puffin through his first year of life as his parents protect and prepare him for life on his own. From the safety of the little chick s nest to his clumsy attempts at flight, Van Zyle s paintings depict Little Puffin s adventures through a variety of perspectives, from close-up portraits to sweeping action scenes. Jonathan London s lyrical prose imparts a reverence for wildlife, endearing the puffin chick Sea Parrot, Underwater Acrobat, Clown of the Ocean to the reader and creating a suspenseful read-aloud."

Little Wolf, pup of Gray Wolf and White Wolf, bounds into the world and through the seasons in this new children s picture book. Inside the safety of the den, through fields of wildflowers, and in birch shimmering in an autumn moon s glow, Van Zyle s paintings depict Little Wolf s adventures through a variety of perspectives from close-up portraits to sweeping action scenes. Jonathan London s lyrical prose imparts a wisdom to the text, endearing the reader to the pup and creating a suspenseful read-aloud."