Jim Kjelgaard
1) Snow dog
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 8
Description
The adventure of a dog born in the wilderness, left to fend for himself when a black wolf kills his mother and brothers, and finally won over by the trapper his mother had deserted.
2) Wild trek
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
Link Stevens, a trapper, and his dog, Chiri, set out to rescue a naturalist stranded in the perilous Caribou mountains. It takes all of their resources to return with their man and themselves alive.
3) Haunt Fox
Author
Pub. Date
1954
Description
The big, handsome red fox raided poultry farms and was stalked and shot at by every hunter and farmer.
7) Lion hound
Author
Pub. Date
[1955]
Description
A big, smart and slaughterous mountain lion is a challenge for two experienced lion hunters, a boy much interested in hunting and dogs, and a pack of hounds including an experienced leader and an excellent young hound.
Author
Pub. Date
[1956 c1945]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 9
Description
From the moment Danny sees the beautiful Irish setter, he knows Red is the dog for him. Fast and smart, strong and noble, Red is the only dog Danny wants by his side. Soon, neither boy nor dog can stand to be apart. Together Danny and Red face many dangers in the harsh Wintapi wilderness that they call home. But the greatest test of their courage and friendship will come from an enemy more cunning than any they've known before -- a bear who is the...
11) Eleven novels
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Description
im Kjelgaard wrote more than forty extremely popular novels for children. He incorporated into his books his two great loves -nature and animals. He spent much of his childhood living on farms in the Allegheny Mountain Range in Pennsylvania. This wild country and his experiences of the animals he knew and loved come alive on the pages of his books. The Spell of the White Sturgeon (1953), The Lost Wagon (1955), Trading Jeff and his Dog (1956), Double...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Hawk, formerly a hunter in a band of prehistoric nomads, then an outcast for breaking tribal law by daring to create a new tool, the bow and arrow, becomes the tribe's only hope for survival when famine strikes in this land of dire wolves and beavers the size of bears.
15) Big Red
Pub. Date
2008, c1962
Description
A wealthy sportsman hires a young, backwoods French Canadian orphan boy to exercise his champion Irish setter, Big Red. The bonds of loyalty that spring up between man, boy and dog lead them all into a succession of adventures, climaxing in a life-or-death confrontation with an unexpected adversary.