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    <extent>47 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 23 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Natalie Standiford ; illustrated by Donald Cook.</note>
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      <title>Step into reading</title>
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