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., col. map ; 23 cm. - Step into reading. Step 3, Reading on your own .

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.

1-3. 330 Lexile.



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


Alaska--History--Juvenile literature.
Alaska--History.

SF428.7 / .S7 1989

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