Balto and the Great Race

This short, easy-to-read book tells the true story of Balto the sled dog and the important role he played during the 1925 diphtheria outbreak in Nome, Alaska. There were no roads into Nome and sled dogs provided essential transportation. When a serum was needed to save lives a relay of dog teams was set up to transport it. Balto led his team through a storm even when his musher and the other dogs were lost bringing the serum to Nome. Balto became a national hero in the U.S.