Hachiko waits
About this book
Professor Ueno's loyal Akita, Hachiko, waits for him at the train station every afternoon, and even after the professor has a fatal heart attack while at work, Hachiko faithfully continues to await his return until the day the dog dies. Based on a true story; includes an author's note and glossary of Japanese words.
Subjects
- akita dog
- akita dog -- fiction.
- children's fiction
- children's literature
- dogs
- dogs -- fiction.
- dogs, fiction
- fiction
- friendship, fiction
- hachiko (dog)
- hachiko (dog) -- fiction.
- hachiko (dog) -- juvenile fiction.
- history
- japan, fiction
- japan -- history -- 1912-1945 -- fiction.
- juvenile fiction