1. What should Balto look like in the illustrations?

2. Other books and a movie show Balto as a black dog with white patches on his face and legs. Should Meghan make him black and white in her nonfiction book?

3. Watch the video clips and look at the images on the following website. http://www.meghan-mccarthy.com/balto.html Look at Balto’s face. What is different from the other illustrations? What information did you learn about what Balto looks like?

4. Visit this website to see the statue of Balto in Central Park in New York City. http://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/centralpar k/monuments/75 Some newspaper articles Meghan read said Balto was black, but others said he was brown. What color should she make Balto?

5. Balto’s stuffed body is on display at a museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

7. Meghan McCarthy suggests using the following rule when doing research. The “Three” Rule - Find a fact in three places before using it in your writing. Where can we find facts?

8. Source Scaranol from English Wikipedia,. Balto at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Ookaboo. Web. 13 June 2013..