Elephant
Meredith Costain, Gary Hanna
Library Binding
(Windmill Books, Jan. 1, 2017)
Floppy ears, a curling trunk, and sprouting tusks – it’s a baby elephant! This immersive volume delivers essential science curriculum topics through a moving, first-person narrative from the perspective of a newborn elephant. Readers will learn about the life cycle, habitat, and complex social structure of African elephants as they follow their wrinkly gray narrator across the grasslands. Beautiful illustrations of adorable baby elephant baths, wrestling matches between enormous bulls, and other stunning scenes will transfix readers as they learn. Information-rich text and a heavily detailed fun facts section will satisfy readers’ curiosity on this high-interest subject. An engaging quiz allows readers to test their reading comprehension skills while having fun.
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