Books with title Oy, Elephants!

A glorious visual safari for children by best-selling photographer Steve Bloom. From Babar to Dumbo, the elephant has long fascinated children as well as their parents. Here, eighty stunning photographs encompass every aspect of the elephant's life and world: elephants big and small, African and Asian, in the wild and domesticated, at play and at rest. Whether taken from the air, from underwater, or from the side of a jeep, these images will capture the imagination of any child. Steve Bloom's extraordinary photographs depict the elephants in their natural environment as well as in their unique relationships with people. Here are elephant babies playing in the dust, families rolling in the mud, polo-playing elephants, elephants at bath time, impressive herds roaming the plains, and much more. The entertaining texts by David Henry Wilson explain anything and everything of interest about elephants, from why they flap their ears to how much they weigh and how much they eat. 80 full-color photographs.

Find out why elephants are targeted by poachers and what is being done to keep these animals from disappearing for good.Though elephants are Earth's largest land animals, their size can't protect them from poachers. As a result of illegal hunting, these remarkable animals are disappearing from the wild. Readers (Grades 3-5) will discover how elephants live and why it is so important to protect them.

With the largest brain of any land animal, elephants demonstrate their intelligence in many different forms. These compassionate and artistic animals are one of the few who will care for young that is not their own. The close-knit society of elephants and their many forms of intelligence are explored in this fascinating book. Vivid photographs and the easy-to-follow narrative inform young readers on these enchanting mammals.

Watch Me Grow, a groundbreaking series from DK, brings readers ages 5 and up into the fascinating world of animal development. Close-up photographs give children an animal's eye-view of growing up, while simple, first-person text and fact boxes explain what is happening at each stage in the lives of different kinds of animals. Watch Me Grow introduces beginners to the cycle of life with gorgeous photography and accessible information. It's the next big thing in first natural history books.