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. . - 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.

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

LCCN: 89003465 /AC/r90

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Balto (Dog)
Sled dogs--Alaska--Nome--Biography
Diphtheria--Prevention--Alaska--Nome
Sled dogs.
Dogs.
Diphtheria--Alaska--Nome.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Alaska--History.

LC Class. No.: SF428.7 / .S7 1989

Dewey Class. No.: 636.7/3