Faithful Elephants

2015-07-28 Juvenile Nonfiction

Author : Yukio Tsuchiya
Release : 2015-07-28
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 89X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Faithful Elephants written by Yukio Tsuchiya. This book was released on 2015-07-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautifully illustrated children’s book offers a sobering lesson about the horrors of war through the lens of a Japanese zoo during WWII. At Tokyo’s famous Ueno Zoo, a zookeeper recounts the story of three performing elephants—John, Tonky, and Wanly—who became casualties of the Second World War. As bombs fell nightly on the city, the zoo was in danger of destruction. In the interest of public safety, instructions were given to kill the potentially dangerous animals. Still, the elephant’s keepers wept and prayed that the war would end so that their beloved elephants might be saved. Originally published in Japan in 1951, this heartbreaking historical tale is now available in English with beautiful watercolor illustrations by Ted Lewin.

Animal's People

2009-03-17 Fiction

Author : Indra Sinha
Release : 2009-03-17
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 79X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Animal's People written by Indra Sinha. This book was released on 2009-03-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, "Animal's People" is by turns a profane, scathingly funny, and piercingly honest tale of a boy so badly damaged by the poisons released during a chemical plant leak that he walks on all fours.

Benno and the Night of Broken Glass

2010-01-01 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Meg Wiviott
Release : 2010-01-01
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 759/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Benno and the Night of Broken Glass written by Meg Wiviott. This book was released on 2010-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1938 Berlin, Germany, a cat sees Rosenstrasse change from a peaceful neighborhood of Jews and Gentiles to an unfriendly place where, one November night, men in brown shirts destroy Jewish-owned businesses and arrest or kill Jewish people. Includes facts about Kristallnacht and a list of related books and web resources.

Flying Changes

2009-10-13 Fiction

Author : Sara Gruen
Release : 2009-10-13
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 978/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Flying Changes written by Sara Gruen. This book was released on 2009-10-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a time to move on, a time to let go . . . and a time to fly. “Sara Gruen writes with passionate precision about horses and their humans and the healing power of love.”—Maryanne Stahl, author of Forgive the Moon Anxiety rules Annemarie Zimmer’s days—the fear that her relationship with the man she loves is growing stagnant; the fear that equestrian daughter Eva’s dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from her mother . . . and into harm’s way. For five months, Annemarie has struggled to make peace with her past. But if she cannot let go, the personal battles she has won and the heights she has achieved will have all been for naught. It is a time of change at Maple Brook Horse Farm, when loves must be confronted head-on and fears must be saddled and broken. But it is an unanticipated tragedy that will most drastically alter the fragile world of one remarkable family—even as it flings open gates that have long confined them, enabling them all to finally ride headlong and free.

Elephant Company

2014 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Vicki Croke
Release : 2014
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Elephant Company written by Vicki Croke. This book was released on 2014. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "At the onset of World War II, [Billy] Williams formed Elephant Company and was instrumental in defeating the Japanese in Burma and saving refugees, including on his own 'Hannibal Trek, ' [becoming] a media sensation during the war, telling reporters that the elephants did more for him than he was ever able to do for them"--

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