Catalog Search Results
1) Dogteam
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Portrays the excitement, the danger, and the beauty of a night run.
3) Dogsong
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A fourteen-year-old Eskimo boy who feels at odds with aspects of modern life takes a 1400-mile journey by dog sled across ice, tundra, and mountains seeking his own "song" of himself.
5) Eight below
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends -- a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years, who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
Publisher
Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
A young girl finds an injured wolf/dog while visiting her grandfather and wants to nurse it back to health and take it back to Boston with her. When her grandfather tries to talk her out of it by reading her Jack London's Call of the Wild, the little girl has ideas of her own. Includes deleted scenes, game, commentary, and behind-the-scenes featurette.
7) Woodsong
Author
Language
English
Description
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Jake's puppy Kamik is growing quickly, but the dog isn't becoming any easier to handle. All Jake wants is to raise his puppy into a strong, fast sled dog, but Kamik is far from ready to pull a sled with a dog team. With some advice and a little help from his grandmother, Jake learns basic principles of how to begin training a dog to pull. Kamik finally has his first sled, and he and Jake can finally begin exploring the tundra together. But Jake and...
10) Bear
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Even on a snowy ski vacation, Lizzie finds a puppy in need.
11) Ice dogs
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this survival story set in Alaska, fourteen-year-old Vicky and her dog sled team find an injured sledder in the wilderness." --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that continue to affect readers even today.The...
Author
Language
English
Description
The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch shepherd, who is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Buck is a dog born to luxury, but his life changes dramatically when he is sold to be a sled dog in the Yukon Terrority. He earns a reputation for his strength and courage, and is rescued from a series of bad owners by John Thornton, who teaches him to love. When John is...
16) Dog driven
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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." --
17) Ever constant
Author
Language
English
Description
"She's always determined to be the stable, reliable one. But now her commitment may destroy her. On the surface, Whitney Powell is happy working with her sled dogs and welcoming the new additions to her family through her sisters' marriages and an upcoming birth. But her life is full of complications, including an estranged father, that have her on the edge of losing control. Growing up, she was the strong sister, and she can't give that up now.When...
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"in 1903, Jack London penned The Call of the Wild, the classic story about Buck, who is stolen from his happy home in sunny California and sold as a sled dog in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. Can Buck learn to embrace his primal nature to become leader of the pack? Or will the harsh terrain and frigid elements of the Yukon, as well as the dark side of human nature, pose too great a threat to him? Discover a heartfelt journey of adventure, and...
19) Eight below
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Language
English
Formats
Description
An American geologist flies to Antarctica to participate in a project at the United States Research Base. Once there, he teams up with arctic guide Jerry Shepard and his best friend, Cooper. The scientist soon discovers that Shepard also has eight other valuable friends, a pack of sled dogs he's worked with for years who have rescued him from a number of tight spots. As the three men explore a frozen mountain region, an unexpected accident coupled...
20) Togo
Author
Series
Dog diaries ; 4
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Sled dog Togo--the true hero of the 1925 Serum Run--narrates the story of his life working with musher Leonard Seppala"--
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request