Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679891987)

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Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome

$6.99
Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome by Kimmel, Elizabeth Cody

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures): How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome

$6.99
Format: Paperback
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Balto has a quiet life as a sled dog--until tragedy strikes. Dozens of children in Nome become sick with diphtheria. Without antitoxin serum, they will perish--and the closest supply is 650 miles away The only way to get the serum to Nome is by sled, but can the dogs deliver it in time? Heading bravely into a brutal blizzard, Balto leads the race for life.

A Kansas City Children's Book Award for Grades 1-3

Author: Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
ISBN-10: 0679891986
ISBN-13: 9780679891987
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 12/21/1999
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.50h x 5.10w x 0.40d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.3
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 31070 / Balto and the Great Race


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/1999 pg. 438
Kirkus Review - Children 11/01/1999 pg. 1744
School Library Journal 03/01/2000 pg. 227
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 415 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2000 pg. 415 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw
By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
By Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
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Elizabeth Cody Kimmel lives with her family in Cold Spring, New York. She is the author of Balto and the Great Race, Before Columbus: The Leif Eriksson Expedition, and As Far as the Eye Can Reach.

Nora Krber is a children's book illustrator whose credits include Balto and the Great Race and Sacagawea: The Journey to the West. She lives in Pasadena, California, with her illustrator husband, Robert Rodriguez, and her two children. Krber loves animals and has two cats and one dog.

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