The Horn Book Guide

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Turner, Pamela S.

Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

32 pp. | Houghton | May, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-618-14094-8 $$15.00

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Yan Nascimbene. A fictional narrator relates this Japanese story about a dog named Hachiko, who was known to accompany his owner to the train station each day. After Dr. Ueno died at work, Hachiko continued to wait for him at the station--until his own death almost ten years later. The austere elegance of Nascimbene's watercolors matches the subdued tone of quiet dignity in Turner's text. Author's note.

Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2004