Faithful elephants : a true story of animals, people, and war /
Yukio Tsuchiya ; illustrated by Ted Lewin ; translated by Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes.
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c1988.
- 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 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.
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Elephants World War, 1939-1945 Zoo keepers Children's literature Ideas For Grade 6 level