Togo & Balto
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Picture Book · Ages 4–8 · 2022

Togo & Balto

Written by Jodie Parachini · Illustrated by Keiron Ward and Jason Dewhirst

Part of the Animalographies series

Two huskies brave a deadly blizzard to deliver life-saving medicine.

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32 pages· AD1020L
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In 1925, Nome, Alaska, faces a deadly diphtheria outbreak. With children’s lives at stake, two Siberian huskies, Balto and Togo, embark on a perilous relay race. Battling fierce blizzards and freezing temperatures, they must deliver the crucial serum. Can these brave dogs overcome nature's fury to save a town in desperate need? Discover the incredible journey of courage and determination.

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Two dogs recount the relay race that brought life-saving medicine to children in Alaska. It was 1925 and the world was in a diptheria pandemic. The town of Nome, Alaska, needed the serum to save its children but there was only one way to get there: dog sled. Balto and Togo, two Siberian huskies, were part of the relay race that pushed through below-freezing temperatures and a blizzard to bring the serum to Nome.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
4–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
AD1020L
Themes & topics
Books about Alaska
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
~6.9
F&P level
~Y
Publication
Published
April 1, 2022
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780807503829

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