Additional titles of interest: FAITHFUL ELEPHANTS: A True Story
of Animals, People and War. By Yukio Tsuchiya. Translated by
Tomoko Tsuchiya Dykes. Illustrated by Ted Lewin. Houghton
Mifflin. $13.95. (Ages 6 and up) The text of this powerful story
of the byproducts of war was first published in Japan in 1951.
During the period of aerial bombings in World War II, an
administrative decision was made to put down the animals in
Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. All the animals were poisoned except the
elephants, John, Tonky and Wanly, who were starved to death,
though one keeper surreptitiously offered food. The faithful
friends' grave is in the zoo. Although this is a handsomely
illustrated story book, its audience is middle- and upper-grade
children. The book deserves family discussion. BE EVER HOPEFUL,
HANNALEE. By Patricia Beatty. Morrow. $11.95. (Ages 10 to 14).
Hannalee Reed is the heroine of an earlier historical novel
''Turn Homeward, Hannalee,'' which follows the girl through much
of the Civil War. This book, which can