| The Elephant Book | 
 enlarge | Author: Ian Redmond
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1833760
Media: Hardcover
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 48
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
ISBN: 0744586216
EAN: 9780744586213
ASIN: 0744586216
Publication Date: September 3, 2001
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Condition: Mint Condition; We post daily by Royal Mail,from Uk location, Wrapped in bubble and inserted in jiffy bag ;Priority Airmail used Worldwide on International orders
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Shortlisted for the English Association's Best Books Awards June 10, 2002
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Written for the ELEFRIENDS Campaign this book draws the attention of young readers to the plight of the elephant as an endangered species, still hunted for its ivory today. The book is organised into twenty sections covering all aspects of the elephant's body -its structure and functions- and its behaviour, habitat and life cycle. There are powerful quotations from zoologists, wild life film makers and well known lovers of the elephant, for example - Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, David Attenborough, George Adamson and Philip Cayford. All pay tribute to the intelligence of the creatures, to the devotion of the female elephant to her calf and to the complexity of elephants' social life.
The zoologist Cynthia Moss remarks on the elephantine joy of a greeting ceremony.' I have no doubt, even in my most scientifically rigorous moments, that the elephants are experiencing joy when they find each other again'.
I found the sections on 'Early Years' and 'Adolescence' particularly interesting as they show that elephants, like human young beings, have a long childhood during which they learn from their elders.
Only the ablest primary school readers will manage to cope with the demanding information and vocabulary of the mature non-fiction text in this book on their own. It is very much a book to share - the teacher perhaps reading out loud to the class or a group and showing the remarkable photographs. Using the book could lead to interesting discussion about conservation issues and perhaps to the persuasive kinds of writing older primary children tackle in and out of the literacy hour...
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