Susan Butcher, Sled Dog Racer (Achievers)

Wadsworth, Ginger

ISBN 10: 0822528789 ISBN 13: 9780822528784

Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 1994

Synopsis

Profiles the four-time winner of the Iditarod sled dog race

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Reviews

Grade 4-7-Despite limitations in the format (large print but cramped pages, small black-and-white photos, no index), this series entry does a good job of bringing to life the four-time Iditarod winner and her dogs' courage and resourcefulness in facing the rigors of Alaska's great race. The text is drawn from existing print and media sources. Following a short description of Butcher's life and the mentors who led her to her first Iditarod in 1978, Wadsworth provides dramatic descriptions of the races, interspersed with short information on how the woman raises and trains her dogs, her kennel business, and her marriage. Complete through her fourth-place finish in 1993, this is a shorter treatment than Ellen Dolan's Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail (Walker, 1993). Readers wanting to know more about the history and running of the race should choose Ruth Crisman's Racing the Iditarod Trail (Macmillan, 1993), which includes full-color photos, a much better map of the trail, and a list for further reading. As in Crisman's book, Wadsworth includes a table of Iditarod statistics but she adds one that shows Butcher's statistics for her 16 races. The book's short length and colorful cover may attract older reluctant readers.
Sally Bates Goodroe, Houston Public Library
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Lerner Pub Group
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822528789
• ISBN 13: 9780822528784
• Binding: Library Binding
• Number of pages: 63