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The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto Cover Image Book

The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto / by Natalie Standiford ; illustrated by Donald Cook.

Standiford, Natalie, (author.). Cook, Donald (Illustrator), (illustrator.).

Summary:

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. A compelling account, told in easy-to-read format, of a sled dog who led his team over 53 miles of Alaska wilderness to deliver medicine during an outbreak of diptheria in 1925.

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  • ISBN: 0394896955
  • ISBN: 039499695X
  • ISBN: 0679878920
  • ISBN: 1442073160
  • ISBN: 9780394896953
  • ISBN: 9780394996950
  • ISBN: 9780679878926
  • ISBN: 9780679880295
  • ISBN: 9780758710208
  • ISBN: 9781442073166
  • Physical Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1989]

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Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.5 0.5 6255.

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Balto (Dog) > Juvenile literature.
Diphtheria > Alaska > Nome > Prevention > Juvenile literature.
Sled dogs > Alaska > Nome > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Alaska > History > Juvenile literature.
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Biographies.

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Sneads Ferry Branch Library ER636.7 STA (Text) 36015000567079 Easy Nonfiction Checked out 08/10/2026

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