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"Togo" and "The Mitten"
One of these books taught me something new. Picture books are not just light, fun reading.
Togo
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Robert J. Blake
Every year sled dog teams run the Iditarod. Why?
It goes back to 1925 when an outbreak of diphtheria began in Nome. This was before a vaccine was available, but after a serum to save people, especially the hundreds of thousands of children, doomed by the disease to a death by asphyxiation.
Serum was taken from Anchorage to Nome, mostly by dog sled in the dead of winter. Baldo, the most famous of the dogs and given a statue in Central Park, New York, was the last leader of the last team.
This book is the story of Togo, another of the heroic dogs making that run. Togo led his team for 350 miles, an amazing feat.
The book includes a map of the run. The illustrations are beautiful, slightly out of focus as though seen through falling snow.
The Mitten
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jan Brett
Based on an Ukrainian folktale, this fantastic tale is really fun to read. It takes a real stretch of the imagination which lends a humorous touch to the tale.
The illustrations are exquisite. Each page has a sidebar so that there are two tales going on through much of the book.
Togo
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Robert J. Blake
Every year sled dog teams run the Iditarod. Why?
It goes back to 1925 when an outbreak of diphtheria began in Nome. This was before a vaccine was available, but after a serum to save people, especially the hundreds of thousands of children, doomed by the disease to a death by asphyxiation.
Serum was taken from Anchorage to Nome, mostly by dog sled in the dead of winter. Baldo, the most famous of the dogs and given a statue in Central Park, New York, was the last leader of the last team.
This book is the story of Togo, another of the heroic dogs making that run. Togo led his team for 350 miles, an amazing feat.
The book includes a map of the run. The illustrations are beautiful, slightly out of focus as though seen through falling snow.
The Mitten
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jan Brett
Based on an Ukrainian folktale, this fantastic tale is really fun to read. It takes a real stretch of the imagination which lends a humorous touch to the tale.
The illustrations are exquisite. Each page has a sidebar so that there are two tales going on through much of the book.
