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Head on safari to the grasslands of Africa to study African elephants in this beautiful nonfiction field guide for kids.
You might know that African elephants are the largest land animals on Earth, but there's so much more to learn about these tusked creatures. Turn the pages to find out why the grandmother is in charge of an elephant family, and why big ears help elephants cool down! Meet a baby elephant as it takes its first steps and discover...
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The Curious Cousins and the African Elephant Expedition is a children's picture story that follows three cousins, Emilia Rose, Isla Mae and Audrey Jane, who use their dream lives to see for themselves if it's true that African Elephants are afraid of ants. The Curious Cousins know that as brave heroes they can go just about anywhere outdoors, and as truth-seekers can choose to be just about anything.
In this magical adventure, they get help from the...
5) Elephants
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Introduces African elephants, including what they eat, how they travel in groups, their migration patterns, and how they care for their young.
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After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them play together in the surrounding bush. As the babies become closer and more like a real family, they need a leader, someone they can trust. Can Natumi grow into...
14) The elephant
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Nonfiction picture book describing and comparing African and Asian elephants.
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It had been nearly a century since elephants had lived in Southern Zululand, South Africa, where Lawrence Anthony founded his Thula Thula wildlife reserve. Yet one day a phone call changed all that. A troubled, unpredictable herd needed a new home. In order to save their lives, Lawrence took them in, and in the years that followed found that they had a lot to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. He tells of hair-raising fights with poachers,...
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