Sprinkled throughout with Japanese vocabulary words, this audio production serves as an excellent introduction to a different culture while simultaneously illustrating the universality of human emotions. Hachiko Waits by Lesléa Newman Hachiko Waits is a fiction children’s novel published in fall 2004. Poet, author, and animal advocate Lesleá Newman earned an ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Honor and scores of other accolades for this touching tale based on a true story. In time, Hachiko will come to be remembered and honored throughout Japan for his singular devotion. Days and weeks pass and still no one - not even the young boy Yasuo who comes to care for him - can persuade the faithful dog to leave his post. Lesléa Newman is a poet, an animal lover, and the author of Hachiko Waits, Runaway Dreidel, Cats, Cats, Cats, Daddys Song, and other picture books. Then one afternoon Professor Ueno does not return. And Hachiko sits at the station eagerly awaiting his master’s return. Poet, author, and animal advocate Lesle Newman earned an ASPCA Henry Bergh Children’s Book Honor and scores of other accolades for this touching tale based on a true story. They enjoy a breakfast together before the professor leaves to catch the train to the school where he teaches. In time, Hachiko will come to be remembered and honored throughout Japan for his singular devotion. Every morning in the Japanese town of Shibuya, Professor Ueno awakens and is greeted by his loyal Akita dog, Hachiko.
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