Balto the Sled Dog: Voices Leveled Library Readers

Highlights presents Balto the Sled Dog written by Barbara Schmitz Garriel. In the winter of 1925, many people in Nome, Alaska, were sick and needed medicine. There was a snowstorm, so planes and boats could not deliver the medicine. Sled dogs were the only way to get medicine to Nome. Gunnar Kaasen chose Balto to lead his team of dogs.