Kawaisō na zō
By: Tsuchiya Yukio bun ; Takebe Motoichirō e.
Contributors: Takebe, Motoichirō
Publisher: Kin no Hoshisha
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Tōkyō
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 31
ISBN-13: 9784323002118
Subjects: Juvenile fiction; Elephants; Zoo keepers; World War, 1939-1945; Fiction
Description: Recounts how three elephants in a Tokyo zoo were put to death because of the war, focusing on the pain shared by the elephants and the keepers who must starve them.