St. Thomas Becket Academy & High School Library

The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto /

Standiford, Natalie.

The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto / by Natalie Standiford ; illustrated by Donald Cook. - New York : Random House, c1989. - 47 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. - Step into reading. A Step 2 book . - Step into reading. Step 2 book. .

Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

0394896955 (pbk.) : $2.95 039499695X (lib. bdg.)

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Balto (Dog), 1919-1933.


Balto (Dog)--Juvenile literature.
Sled dogs--Biography--Juvenile literature.--Alaska--Nome
Diphtheria--Prevention--Juvenile literature.--Alaska--Nome
Balto (Dog)
Sled dogs.
Dogs.
Diphtheria.


Alaska--History.

SF428.7 / .S7 1989