HACHIKO: The True Story of a Loyal Dog
Pamela S. Turner, , illus. by Yan Nascimbene. . Houghton, $15.99 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-618-14094-7
Every child in Japan knows the story of Hachiko, the dog who waited at a Tokyo train station to greet his owner each afternoon and who, after his owner's sudden death, continued to wait for him at the station until his own death 10 years later, in 1935 (a statue of Hachiko is now a famous Tokyo meeting place). First-time author Turner retells Hachiko's story in the voice of Kentaro, a fictitious six-year-old. Nascimbene (
Reviewed on: 05/17/2004
Genre: Children's
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