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FROM THE TLA WEBSITE
Togo Leads the Pack in Bluebonnet Voting
During the month of January, almost two hundred thousand children in grades
three, four, five, and six, cast their votes for their favorite book in the
Texas Bluebonnet Reading Program. Togo, written and illustrated by Robert
J. Blake and published by Philomel, is the clear winner, receiving almost
twenty percent of the votes from among a pool of twenty books.
This fictionalized version of the 1925 serum run from Anchorage to
Nome introduces youngsters to Togo, the valiant leader of a dogsled team
that delivers life-saving medicine to isolated diphtheria victims in
Northern Alaska. Togo offers adventure and heroism in the face of a brutal
setting and under desperate circumstances, allowing armchair thrill seekers
both a glimpse into a dramatic page from history as well as a heartwarming
animal story.
Over 2000 libraries across Texas support the Texas Bluebonnet
Program.
Runner ups are: George Washington's Teeth by Deborah Chandra and illustrated
by Brock Cole; My Chimp Friday by Helen Mundis; Runaway Radish by Jessica
Haas; Tippy Lemmey by Patricia McKissack; and Lewis and Clark and Me: A
Dog's Tale by Laurie Myers and illustrated by Michael Dooling.
