Book­list starred review:
“This beau­ti­ful­ly craft­ed pic­ture book pays trib­ute to one of the world’s less­er-known ani­mal heroes: Hachiko …Turn­er unfolds this poignant true sto­ry in the nat­ur­al, unaf­fect­ed voice of Ken­taro, a fic­tion­al lit­tle boy, who won­ders at the dog’s unswerv­ing devo­tion. Unob­tru­sive details evoke a sense of place (‘ladies in kimonos walked care­ful­ly, try­ing to keep their white tabi socks away from the grime of the streets’), as does Nascim­bene’s spare line-and-water­col­or art­work, rem­i­nis­cent of Japan­ese wood­block prints … this will res­onate with any child who has loved a dog and been loved in return.”