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The bravest dog ever : the true story of Balto Cover Image Book Book

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

Standiford, Natalie. (Author). Cook, Donald (Illustrator), (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780394896953
  • ISBN: 0394896955
  • ISBN: 9780833545367
  • ISBN: 0833545361
  • ISBN: 9780394996950
  • ISBN: 039499695X
  • Physical Description: 47 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [1989]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Target Audience Note:
510L Lexile
Decoding demand: 64 (high) Semantic demand: 80 (high) Syntactic demand: 55 (medium) Structure demand: 82 (very high) Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.5 0.5 6255.

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Subject: Balto (Dog) > Juvenile literature.
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Diphtheria > Alaska > Nome > Juvenile literature.
Dogs > Juvenile literature.
Sled dogs > Juvenile literature.
Alaska > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre: Readers (Publications)

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Available copies

  • 23 of 28 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marion County. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Marion County Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 28 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion County Library JE 636.73 STA (Text) PPL37177 Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -

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