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2) Elephant
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Simple text and photographs briefly introduce learning young readers to elephants, discussing their life cycle, diet, and habitat. Includes a quiz and glossary.
3) Elephant
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Examines the life cycle, habitat, diet, and defining characteristics of elephants. Follows the birth and growth of baby elephants up towards adulthood in Hwange National Park. Includes a glossary.
4) Elephant
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An introduction to elephants, including their size, diet and everyday behavior, which highlights differences between those in the wild and those living in a zoo habitat.
5) Elephant
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The African elephant is one of the most threatened species on the planet today. For artists they are great subject matter with their power, beauty and unique features including their white ivory tusks. The eyes of the elephant are featured in this close up portrait and give the viewer a head on view of one of the most powerful animals on earth.
7) Elephant
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"An introduction on elephants, the big beasts of Asian and African grasslands. Describes how elephants move, find food, communicate, and care for their young. Also mentions the different kinds of elephants and their differences"--Provided by publisher.
8) Elephant
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Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the habitat, characteristics, and behavior of elephants.
9) Elephant
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"With big ears that flap like fans and long trunks that can grab and pull, elephants are awesome! But these supersmart animals are more than just ears and trunks. Learn all about the largest land mammals"--Provided by the publisher.
10) Elephant
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Simple text and color illustrations introduce information about elephants, describing their physical characteristics, diet, habitat, and related topics.
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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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Depicts the true story of a former circus elephant named Tarra who became a resident at the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee and found a best friend in a stray dog named Bella and provides color photographs of Bella and Tarra. Chronicles the story of their devotion to each other when Bella is hurt and Tarra stays by her until Bella recovers and they can be together again. Includes information about the Elephant Sanctuary, the animals they have there,...
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When ten-year-old orphan Peter Augustus Duchene encounters a fortune teller in the marketplace one day and she tells him that his sister, who is presumed dead, is in fact alive, he embarks on a remarkable series of adventures as he desperately tries to find her.
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"James Patterson and award-winning Zambian writer Ellen Banda-Aaku deliver an unforgettable survival story of a Maasai girl who faces down poachers to find a future among the elephants. Clever, sensitive Jama likes elephants better than people. While her classmates gossip - especially about the new boy, Leku - Jama takes refuge at the watering hole outside her village. There the twelve-year-old Maasai girl befriends a baby elephant she names Mbegu,...