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

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.

Record details

  • 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]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
510L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.5 0.5 6255.
Subject:
Balto (Dog) > Juvenile literature.
Diphtheria > Alaska > Nome > Prevention > Juvenile literature.
Sled dogs > Alaska > Nome > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Alaska > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.

Available copies

  • 49 of 55 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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Sneads Ferry Branch Library ER636.7 STA (Text) 36015000567079 Easy Nonfiction Checked out 08/10/2026
Alexander Main Library J 636.7 Standiford (Text) 34269000204942 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Avery County Morrison Public Library JNFIC 636.7 STA (Text) 31111002646857 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Barco Library EZR STA (Text) 39488200799312 Easy Reader Available -
Belhaven Public Library J 636.7 (Text) 38344400202063 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Bethlehem Branch J 636.7 Standiford (Text) 34269000892860 Easy Reader Available -
Boonville Community Public Library J 636.73 STA (Text) 30005100160210 Easy Fiction Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library J 636.73 STA (Text) 540191001977752 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Camden County Library 2 EZR STA (Text) 39488900140643 Easy Reader Available -
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