Elephants: A Book for Children
by David Henry Wilson
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Author: David Henry WilsonPhotographer: Steve Bloom
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-28
ISBN: 0500543445
Number of pages: 64
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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Book Review: A singularly pleasant book about elephants!
Summary: 5 Stars
I declare "Elephants," photographs by Steve Bloom, text by David Henry Wilson, to be the most fascinating book about one animal in my PK-3 through 8 library. We already have two other books about elephants, both very nice informational books, but this one is visually different.
"Elephants" takes the reader on a tour through an elephant's life. Sounds typical, yet topic headings will reveal how exquisitely information, much through photos, is laid out: the T words--Trunks, Tusks, and Tails with some of the most wonderful photos of elephants I've ever seen. Elephants snorkel! Do you know that an elephant's trunk is "longer than the tallest person you know, and heavier than two normal-sized men" (13). The book is written in words and terms that even children can image. Tusks: Do you know that elephants are right- or left-tusked, much as we are -handed.
Ears: Get this: An African elephant's ears are shaped much like the continent itself, while ditto for the Indian elephant's ears. I am so amazed! Photos prove this! Their cushioned feet via toenails help them walk on all kinds of ground in total quietness.
An elephant's skin is so sensitive that the animals take mud-baths to cool off. A baby elephant stays in its mother's shadow as much as possible to prevent sunburn!
When an elephant dies, the herd stays by the body for days, trying to get that member up and alive again. Years later, when they pass by that same death spot, the tribe will stop and remain silent for several minutes, as if paying respect, before moving on.
This is the fascinating information in this incredibly fascinating books about elephants. It's the photographs--taken from all angle: above, below, front on, sideways, behind the elephants--that make this book so richly visual. This book should be placed in the hands of all children--and adults who want to see and learn about elephants.
Last fact on the last page: "One hundred years ago, there were about 10 million elephants, but now there are only about 500,000. We need to protect them" (64). An elephant has only two predators: man (by far the worst) and the lion (who hunts the old, the infirm, and babies who may wander too far away).
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