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1) Elephants
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From their ancient relatives--woolly mammoths and mastodons--to their versatile trunks and strong ivory tusks, elephants are some of the most fascinating animals on Earth. Join science writer Seymour Simon as he investigates the many characteristics and behaviors of the largest land animals in the world.
3) Elephants
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Marshall Cavendish
Pub. Date
c2001
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Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of elephants, their family groups, food habits, and threats to their existence.
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Elephants are the largest land animals and a favorite at the zoo. They're so loved it's hard to imagine the gentle creatures can be very dangerous at times. In fact, they're responsible for killing over a hundred people each year in India. This riveting book explains why such tragedies occur. As readers learn the answer, they'll discover more about elephant trunks, tusks, behaviors, and habitats and how some of these put the mammal at risk. Beautiful...
11) Elephants
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Heinemann Library
Pub. Date
c1997
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Describes the habitat, physical characteristics, and behavior of elephants living in Africa.
14) Elephants
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Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
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"Introduces and explains facts about elephants."--
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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,...
16) The elephant
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Enchanted Lion Books
Pub. Date
2018.
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"Elephants have roamed the Earth for millions of years, but only two species remain in the world today: the African elephant and the Asian elephant. Though African and Asian elephants are noticeably different, these enormous, intelligent animals have many similarities, too. Their trunks are powerful enough to pick up even the smallest of berries. With their amazing memories, they find watering holes they haven't visited in years. Their cushioned feet...
17) Elephant twins
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Grosset & Dunlap, an Imprint of Penguin Group (USA) LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"Exposing children to a diverse range of literary and informational texts, the Core Concepts program helps develop important literacy and cognitive skills necessary to meet many of the Common Core State Standards. Gold Light and Gold Ray are the only known pair of elephant twins in the world! Photojournalist Richard Sobol has masterfully captured the twins' playfulness, as he shows the twins feeding, bathing, napping, and learning with their trainer...
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Simon Spotlight
Pub. Date
2021
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"Readers will love learning about elephants in this book that presents amazing facts in a highly visual way for young readers. A backmatter section discusses threats to elephants and what people are doing to help keep elephants safe."--Provided by the publisher.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011
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Caitlin O'Connell loved to study nature as a child, and her mother helped her appreciate the world by paying attention to details. These early observational skills served her well through the years as she grew up to be a scientist working in the sprawling African scrub desert of the Etosha National Park in Namibia, Africa. This book takes you on a journey to the Namibian desert with Caitlin O'Connell, the American scientist who became known as "the...
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