Full name: Hachiko: The True Story of a Loyal Dog

Author: Pamela S. Turner Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Non Fiction, Animals Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780618140947 9780547237558 0618140948 0547237553

Imagine walking to the same place every day, to meet your best friend. Imagine watching hundreds of people pass by every morning and every afternoon. Imagine waiting, and waiting, and waiting. For ten years. This is what Hachiko did. Hachiko was a real dog who lived in Tokyo, a dog who faithfully waited for his owner at the Shibuya train station long after his owner could not come to meet him. He became famous for his loyalty and was adored by scores of people who passed through the station every day. This is Hachiko's story through the eyes of Kentaro, a young boy whose life is changed forever by his friendship with this very special dog. Simply told, and illustrated with Yan Nascimbene's lush watercolors, the legend of Hachiko will touch your heart and inspire you as it has inspired thousands all over the world. Similar books: Ivan by Katherine Applegate A Little Book of Sloth by Lucy Cooke Parrots Over Puerto Rico by Susan L. Roth A Mama for Owen by Marion Dane Bauer Living Color by Steve Jenkins Chameleons Are Cool by Martin Jenkins Lizards by Nic Bishop A Mom For Umande by Maria Faulconer Never Smile at a Monkey by Steve Jenkins Little Lost Bat by Sandra Markle Shep by Sneed B. Collard III Finding Winnie by Lindsay Mattick Actual Size by Steve Jenkins Me...Jane by Patrick McDonnell An Egg is Quiet by Dianna Hutts Aston Creature Features by Steve Jenkins The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley Monarch Butterfly by Gail Gibbons A Boy and a Jaguar by Alan Rabinowitz Do You Know Which Ones Will Grow? by Susan A. Shea