Bravest Dog Ever, The (Standiford)

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Description: Bravest Dog Ever, The (Standiford)

Genre: Diphtheria; Nome; Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction; Balto (Dog); Sled dogs; Juvenile literature; Children: Grades 1-2; Historical - United States - General; Animals - Dogs; Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Dogs; Prevention; Alaska; Biography;

Review: Neither Rain, Nor Sleet, Nor Snow, Nor Gloom of Night...: ...can keep these packs of hardy huskies and malamutes from delivering the antitoxin to Nome during the 1925 Diptheria Epidemic! No train can get through due to the snow. The train that was originally transporting the medicine got mired in snow, more than 700 miles from its destination. Only a sled team of hardy dogs can reach the stricken town. Balto, the lead dog on one of the latter legs of that fateful run led a team of hardy malamutes and huskies some 53 miles. He led the team through adverse weather and land conditions including blizzards and a froxen river. The curly tailed dog is credited for seeing the medicine through; it is on his run that the medicine arrived 10 days ahead of schedule. This book will delight and excite young readers who will wait with baited breath (even though they know the malamute team will reach the town like the Calvary). The delightful illustrations make a good thing even better. The history of the hardy Eskimo dog, the sled dog driver and the dog teams will provide a part of history that will be revived and discussed for a long time to come. Adding the map of the dog sled trail was an excellent teaching device.