Tsuchiya, Yukio,

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.

ISBN: 0395861373 (pbk.)

LCCN: 88006508 /AC

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Elephants
World War, 1939-1945
Zoo keepers
Children's literature
Ideas
For Grade 6 level