Iditarod
Record details
- ISBN: 1614806411
- ISBN: 9781614806417
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (32 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps.
remote - Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Pub., 2013.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index |
Target Audience Note: | 960L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 0.5 157395. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Iditarod (Race) History Juvenile literature Iditarod (Race) Juvenile literature Sled dog racing Alaska Juvenile literature Sled dogs Juvenile literature |
Genre: | Juvenile works. History. Electronic books. |
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Summary
Iditarod
This title explores the history of the Iditarod sled dog race. Important people in Iditarod history are introduced, such as Dorothy Page and Joe Redington. Readers will learn abut the Iditarod Trail and how it is run from the start in Anchorage to the finish line in Nome. Readers will learn the rules of the race, from qualifying events such as the Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race through checkpoints on the northern and southern routes. Readers will also learn about the sled dogs and the rules for their care. Readers will meet top mushers such as Dick Wilmarth, Rick Swenson, Susan Butcher, Martin Buser, Lance Mackey, Doug Swingley, and Jeff King, and famous dogs such as Balto, Fat Albert, Granite, and Tolstoy.Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.