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Title: Balto and the Great Race (Stepping Stone) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel ISBN: 0-679-89198-6 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 21 December, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Balto: not just for kids
Comment: We purchased this book after seeing the real Balto (courtesy of the art of taxidermy) at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Our quest in Northeast Ohio, where Balto enjoyed his senior years, was prompted by my seven year-old daughter's love-affair with the animated film about this dog, who navigated a lost sled team carrying life-saving medicine through Alaska in 1925. I hereby confess publicly that, after myself reading the book, which is aimed at the 9 year-old set, I cried, much as I had done 35 years before after reading "Lassie Come Home." This account, however, is much more compelling than "Lassie" or "Old Yeller," because it entirely factual (possibly excepting the subjective thoughts imputed to the protagonist).
The author did her homework researching this story about a sled dog who was just one of the pack facing poor odds against daunting weather and unrequiting expanses of blinding snow and ice. When the alpha dog loses the trail, and another refuses to lead, the team turns to Balto to bring them and their cargo safely to rest in Nome.
Perhaps Balto deserves an authentic, grown-up biography, but this one will serve in the meantime. It appears to be the definitive account.
Rating: 5
Summary: A teacher in PA
Comment: This is an excellent book if you are interested in the Iditarod race in Alaska.The book helps young children understand the importance of perserverence and is a great introduction to history for the very young (6-8).A true story that inspires people to understand the bond between animals and people.
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Title: The Bravest Dog Ever: The True Story of Balto (Step into Reading, A Step 3 Book) by Donald Cook, Natalie Standiford ISBN: 0394896955 Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers Pub. Date: 17 October, 1989 List Price(USD): $3.99 |
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Title: Togo by Robert J. Blake ISBN: 0399233814 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S. Miller, Jon Van Zyle, Jon Van Zyle ISBN: 0802788114 Publisher: Walker & Co Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Akiak: A Tale from the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake ISBN: 0399227989 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles, Shannon Cartwright ISBN: 1570612935 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: 10 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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