Ted Lewin

This beautifully illustrated children's book offers a sobering lesson about the horrors of war through the lens of a Japanese zoo during WWII. At Tokyo's famous Ueno Zoo, a zookeeper recounts the story of three performing elephants-John, Tonky, and Wanly-who became casualties of the Second World War. As bombs fell nightly on the city, the zoo was in danger of destruction. In the interest of public safety, instructions were given to kill the potentially...

One very long night, a crow, a moose, and a fox all claim they can bring back the sun, but the wind knows that only one little creature has what is needed to end the darkness.