Balto and the great race
By: by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel ; illustrated by Nora Koerber
Contributors: Koerber, Nora, ill
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 99
ISBN-13: 9780679991984; 9780679891987; 9780613211659
Subjects: Sled dogs; Prevention; Diphtheria; Biography; Juvenile literature; Dogs; Balto (Dog)
Description: Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm. Balto lives a quiet existence as a sled dog--until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in the remote town of Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without an antitoxin serum, they will perish--and the closest supply is 650 miles away! No roads exist in the icy wilderness. The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled. But can the sled dogs deliver the serum in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life.
Notes: "A Stepping Stone book."
Table of contents: title: Part I: Nome, Alaska; title: Nome: Crisis!; title: Nome: Gathering the teams; title: Bluff, Alaska; title: Bluff: Bad news; title: Nome: More bad news; title: Norton Sound: Seppala and Togo; title: Bluff, Norton Sound, and Golovin; title: Bluff, Solomon, and Port Safety; title: On the trail; title: Past Port Safety; title: Nome again; title: Part II: Around the country; title: Cleveland, Ohio.