Books by Gary Paulsen
Dogteam, 1993, Dragonfly Books – great illustrated book for young readers about a night run (K-3)
Dogsong, 1985, Simon Pulse – story of a 14-yr old Inuit boy who learns the magic of running dogs from a tribal shaman (4-8)
Woodsong, 1990, Aladdin Paperbacks – author’s account of running his dog team in Minnesota and Alaska (4-8)
Winterdance, 1994, Harvest Books – autobiography of the author’s first Iditarod race (9-Adult) 

Books by Lew Freedman
One Second to Glory, 2001, Epicenter Press – story of Dick Mackey and his 1-second win of the 1987 Iditarod (Adult)
Iditarod Dreams: A Year in the Life of Alaskan Sled Dog Racer DeeDee Jonrowe, 1995. Epicenter Press – story of DeeDee Jonrowe (8-Adult)
Iditarod Classics:  Tales from the Trail from the Men and Women who Race Across Alaska, 1992 – collection of great stories from Iditarod veterans (8-Adult)

Books by Brian Patrick O’Donoghue
My Lead Dog was a Lesbian, 1996, Vintage – Author’s account of his struggle at the back of the pack in the 1991 Iditarod (9-Adult)
Honest Dogs: A story of Triumph and Regret from the World’s Greatest Sled Dog Race, 1999, Epicenter Press – Author’s account of the 1996 Yukon Quest (9-Adult)

Books by Pam Flowers
Alone Across the Arctic, 2001, Alaska Northwest Books – Authors account of her trip by dogsled across the Arctic Coast of America and Canada during 1993-1994 (6-Adult)
Big Enough Anna, 2003, Alaska Northwest Books – illustrated story of Anna, a sled dog who proved she could be a excellent sled dog even though she was small (3-6)

Books by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
Balto and the Great Race, 1999, Random House – Balto’s story of the 1925 diphtheria serum run to Nome (3-6)

Books by Mike Dillingham
Rivers: diary of a blind Alaska racing sled dog, 2001, Publication Consultants – story told by Rivers, a blind sled dog who finds a new home (4-8)
Rivers two: through the eyes of a blind dog, 2003, Publication Consultants – continuation of Rivers’ story with new adventures (4-8)

Books By Ann Mariah Cook
Running North: A Yukon Adventure – Personal account from a east-coast family training and running the Yukon Quest (9-Adult)

Books by Adam Killick
Racing the White Silence:  On the Trail of the Yukon Quest, 2002, Penguin – tale and history of the Yukon Quest (Adult)

Books by Alistair Scott
Tracks Across Alaska, 1990, Traveler – account of a Scottish man learning to mush across Alaska (Adult)

Books by Gay and Laney Salisbury
The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic, 2003, Norton & Company – historical account of the 1925 diptheria epidemic and the efforts to save Nome (Adult)

Books by Robert J. Blake
Togo, 2002, Philomel Books – story of Leonhard Seppala’s famous lead dog, Togo (4-8)