Books with title Oy, Elephants!

Ramona picks up her paintbrush and swipes the canvas, using one color after another to complete her masterpiece. Ramona is like any other artist expressing her vision—the only difference is that she's an elephant. Welcome to the world of smart elephants! From using tools to showing emotion, communicating with others, and creating art, elephants are wowing scientists with their high intelligence and cunning.

The largest land animals on Earth, elephants are celebrated for their remarkable intelligence and physical power. Readers will learn about elephants complex social structure, how they stay cool in the hot weather of Africa and Asia, and which foods they prefer to eat. They will also learn how some humans hold these incredible animals in high esteem while others have wreaked havoc on elephant populations in certain parts of the world.

A grandmother elephant leads her family to a water hole. She is the leader, so she makes sure that her family is safe. Elephants love water so they are happy to suck up water through their trunks and spray each other. Soon they will roll around in the mud to keep their skin moist. Elephants are big, powerful and smart. Baby elephants weigh about 200 pounds when they are born. They weigh as much as an adult human. These are just some of the fun facts about African elephants that you will learn in this easy reader. The book is filled with colorful elephant pictures and age appropriate text. Young readers will get a chance to learn about these wonderful animals and how they they have learnt to survive in the wild.

Winner of the 2016 Skipping Stones Honor Award in the Nature and Ecology category. Starred selection on the International Literacy Association's Teachers' Choice list for 2015. It's a delicate balance, given the author's obvious passion for elephants and his zeal to protect them, to present the information in such a way that it inspires activism rather than alienates with proselytizing, and for the most part, he succeeds. Part of this success is due to the book's upbeat design, it's full of color photos and includes featurettes titled 'Good News for Elephants.' A worthy book that encourages ethical thinking about elephants. -- Kirkus Reviews Elephants are truly remarkable, unmistakable animals. Their huge size, giant ears, amazing trunk and incredible intelligence make them unique in the natural world. They are highly active, complex, wide-ranging animals who play a key role in the ecosystems they inhabit. 5 Elephants will provide young readers with fascinating elephant facts and figures, as well as introduce them to some of the serious challenges that wild and captive elephants face. To truly understand elephants, though, we must also get to know them as individuals. We must learn their stories.

Find out fascinating facts about the largest land mammal and the steps that are being taken to protect these gentle giants.Nature's Children series provides young readers (Ages 8-10) with fascinating information about the planet's most incredible wildlife species. Each title offers a complete picture of the animal- from birth to adulthood- and describes its place in our world, including how humans impact it and its environment. Did you know that elephants are the world's largest land mammal-or that an elephant's trunk is made up of more than 40,000 muscles? These gentle giants are also at risk due to illegal hunting. Learn fascinating facts like these-and more-all in the pages of this book!

The grandmother leads and protects her herd, the elephant calf is born and takes its first steps. Watch elephants young and old trumpet, feed, splash, and play. Learn to distinguish between African and Asian elephants. Find out about the many ways in which elephants use their trunks. Discover why people still hunt African elephants and what is being done to stop them.