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2) Elephant
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Introduces elephants, describing how they look and move, what they eat, how they care for their young, and where they live.
3) Elephants
Author
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Pub
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of elephants.
4) Elmer
Author
Series
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books
Pub. Date
[1989], c1968
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
All the elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of being different and making the other elephants laugh.
Author
Publisher
RP Kids
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Our poor counter just wants to count her ten elephants, but - POOF! - her magician friend is making it impossible. Ten, nine, eight... each time we get back to counting, one of the elephants has been changed into something unexpected. Puppies, frogs, peanut butter and jelly, and, of course, a rabbit and a hat appear and disappear in this funny, fast-paced story.
8) Elephants
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Did you know that elephants take mud baths and roll in the dirt? Discover how these wild animals live their lives in Africa.
9) Elephants
Author
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Stomp, tromp, and clomp through jungles and savannas to meet the world's nose-iest animal, the elephant! Learn all about their families, homes, and special body parts, and discover how people are working to save these gentle giants"--Back cover.
10) 5 elephants
Author
Publisher
Fitzhenry & Whiteside
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Profiles of five famous elephants introduce young nature enthusiasts to the stories of thriving wild elephant Echo, solitary zoo elephant Lucy, sanctuary elephant Tarra, tragic entertainment elephant Tusko, and rehabilitated elephant Thandora.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
From early childhood, Dr. Hannah Mumby has loved wildlife, especially elephants. Her first wild elephant sighting at twenty-four changed the course of her life. Since then, she has devoted herself to studying these incredible animals and educating humanity about them. Hannahs field work has taken her around the world, where she has studied many elephant groups, including both orphaned elephants and the solitary elephant males. These remarkable animals...
12) It is a tree
Author
Series
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In this retelling of the fable from India, blindfolded children at a party play a guessing game.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Observe a herd of African elephants in their natural habitat and discover the many amazing facts about them, from trunk to tail. Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. Intelligent and social, they are amazing creatures that live all across Africa. While they are not endangered right now, they are still vulnerable to environmental and human threat, and it is important that we learn all there is to protect in these loveable mammals."--...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Stories and facts that reveal the real-life survival challenges that have caused elephants to become endangered, and information about what kids can do to support conservation efforts.
16) Tacky in trouble
Author
Series
Tacky the penguin books volume 3
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1998
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Tacky the exuberant penguin accidentally goes sailboarding and winds up on a tropical island, where he meets an elephant who demands proof of Tacky's identity.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explore the lives of elephants with Ranger Rick in this beginning reader with full-color photos of elephants in the wild! What if you wished you were an elephant and then you became one? Could you talk like an elephant? Sleep like an elephant? Live in an elephant family? And would you want to? Find out! Ranger Rick explorers can learn all about elephants in this reader full of fascinating facts, vivid wildlife photographs, a Wild Words glossary, and...
Publisher
Trinity University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From trunk to tail, these thirty-three essential historical, scientific, and cultural writings on the elephant range from folktales to current practices, creating a greater understanding of this creature."--Provided by publisher.
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