Tsuchiya, Yukio, 1904-

Faithful elephants : a true story of animals, people, and war / Yukio Tsuchiya ; illustrated by Ted Lewin ; translated by Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1988. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Translation of: Kawaisō na zō.

Recounts how three elephants in a Tokyo zoo were put to death because of the war, focusing on the pain shared by the elephants and the keepers who must starve them.

ISBN: 0395465559

LCCN: 88006508 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Elephants--Juvenile fiction.
Elephants--Fiction.
Zoo keepers--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.--Japan

LC Class. No.: PZ10.3.T87 / Fai 1988

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