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Author(s):

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist:

Publisher:

Copyright Date:

Genre:

Brief Annotation:

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Readers who will like this book:

Teaching Strategy from Tompkins or Yopp & Yopp (you'll link a strategy to at least 10 of your 40 books) :

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Faithful Elephants

Book Title: Faithful Elephants

Author(s): Yuko Tsuchiya

Illustrator/Photographer/Artist: Ted Lewin

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company

Copyright Date: 1951

Genre: Picture Book – Historical Nonfiction

Brief Annotation:

For fear that the zoo animals would run wild after a bomb attack, three elephants were put to death in this tragic story set place in Tokyo during WWII.

Your Rating (1-5) and why:

4 – It sends a message to the child about the ridiculousness and cruelty a war can bring. How war affects all of us – even those of us that have no concept of what war is, such as innocent animals.

Readers who will like this book:

A reader interested in how WWII affected Tokyo would like this book. Any reader confused about the tragedies of war would find value in this book and any reader convinced that peace must prevail would love this book.

Question to ask about this book before a read aloud:

How does a war begin?

Who declares war?

Who is affected by war?

What would your solution be?

1. Interest Level (age): 5-8

2. Grade Level Equivalent (grade): 4.9

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