Hachiko is pretty famous, but to summarize, Hachiko was a real dog that waited every day at a particular train station for his owner to return home on the evening train. One sad day, the owner died, but Hachiko kept waiting daily for him. He waited for ten years after the man's death, until his own death - at the train station. People were so fond and proud of his devotion that they built a statue in his honor, and hold a yearly birthday celebration for him when the cherry blossoms bloom.
Turner's credit comes in creating a small boy narrator to meet and care for Hachiko, and to tell his story through the years, making it more accessible and immediate to young people. Nascimbene's credit is in his beautiful and simple watercolors - many of which resemble woodcuts. A lovely story of a sweet dog, and a look at a foreign country that doesn't seem so foreign from this view.
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