Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)
  • Published: 1 September 2004
  • ISBN: 9780679891987
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $17.99

Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)

How a Sled Dog Saved the Children of Nome

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This award-winning book tells the true story of one of the bravest and most famous dogs of all time!

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
  • Published: 1 September 2004
  • ISBN: 9780679891987
  • Imprint: RHUS Children's Books
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $17.99
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About the author

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

ELIZABETH CODY KIMMEL is the author of several novels and nonfiction books for early and middle grade readers, including ICE STORY: SHACKLETON’S LOST EXPEDITION, AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN REACH: LEWIS AND CLARK’S WESTWARD QUEST, and BALTO AND THE GREAT RACE (A Stepping Stone Book), which won the Kansas City Childrens Book Award for grades 1-3. And as something completely different, she recently wrote the fun middle-grade story, LILY B. ON THE BRINK OF COOL. The author lives in Cold Spring, NY.

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Praise for Balto and the Great Race (Totally True Adventures)

"Balto's story is one of courage, cooperation and inspiration, and personal sacrifice for the greater good."
--The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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