5/29/2023 0 Comments Hachiko Waits by Lesléa NewmanLesléa Newman (born 1955, Brooklyn, NY) is the author of over 50 books including Heather Has Two Mommies, A Letter To Harvey Milk, Writing From The Heart, In Every Laugh a Tear, The Femme Mystique, Still Life with Buddy, Fat Chance and Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wear. Hachiko Waits is a 2005 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year. Readers will be touched by the story of Hachiko and his impact on the people of Japan. Hachiko Waits is a novel inspired by a true story. Not even Yasuo, the young boy who takes care of Hachi, can persuade him to leave his post. Hachi waits.įor ten years Hachi waits for his master to return. One day, the train arrives at the station without the professor. And every afternoon just before three o'clock, Hachi is at the train station to greet his beloved master. Hachi, you are the best dog in all of Japan." Professor Ueno speaks these words to his faithful dog before boarding the train to work every morning. The loyalty and devotion of a dog has no bounds I love it." -Patricia MacLachlan, Newbery Award-winning author of Sarah Plain and Tall Hachiko Waits shows us the very best in life loyalty, devotion, our ability to love-all taught by a beloved, intelligent, and heroic dog. "Profoundly sad and hopeful at the same time.
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