Download or read book Have You Seen Elephant written by David Barrow and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephant wants to play hide and seek. See if you can help the others find him--he's very good at hiding This tale of absurdity is perfect for sharing with children who will love finding Elephant (and being faster at it than the boy in the book ). Watch out for the dog and the tortoise, too . . .
Download or read book Going to See the Elephant written by Rodes Fishburne and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trade paperback reprint of Rodes Fishburne's highly-praised first novel GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, which was published in hardcover 1/09.
Download or read book You Can t See the Elephants written by Susan Kreller and published by G.P. Putnam's Sons. This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When she suspects that her young neighbors are being abused by their father, one brave girl takes a stand to protect them"--
Download or read book Seeing the Elephant written by Pat Hughes and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2007-09-18 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young Izzie wishes he could join the Union Army with his brothers, Ario and Cal. He wonders what it would be like to "see the elephant"—soldier talk for going into battle for the first time. But it seems the closest Izzie will ever get to battle is visiting wounded soldiers at a Washington, D.C., hospital, where his aunt works as an Army nurse. When Izzie meets a wounded Rebel soldier who will soon be sent to prison, he realizes that the war may not be as simple as he once believed, and "seeing the elephant" takes on a whole new meaning. Based on family history, Pat Hughes's beautifully crafted story is complemented by Ken Stark's exceptional watercolor paintings. Seeing the Elephant is a 2008 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Download or read book Stand Back Said the Elephant I m Going to Sneeze written by Patricia Thomas and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1990-04-23 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the animals are in a panic. The elephant's sneeze would blow the monkeys out of the trees, the feathers off the birds, the stripes off the zebra. Even the fish and the fly, the crocodile and the kangaroo, know what a catastrophe that sneeze would be. "Please don't sneeze!" they beg. . . . The classic story of an enormous sneeze in the marking, told in sprightly nonsense verse, has been newly illustrated in full color to delight a new generation of fans.
Download or read book Entertaining an Elephant written by Bill McBride and published by Under One Roof. This book was released on 1997 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poignant story of a 15 year veteran teacher who has lost his ability to touch the lives of today's kids. Through the help of an unlikely hero, he finds his love of teaching again.
Download or read book Strictly No Elephants written by Lisa Mantchev and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sunny, smart, tongue-in-cheek tale." --The New York Times Book Review "Sweet and affirming." --Kirkus Reviews When the local Pet Club won't admit a boy's tiny pet elephant, he finds a solution--one that involves all kinds of unusual animals in this sweet and adorable picture book. Today is Pet Club day. There will be cats and dogs and fish, but strictly no elephants are allowed. The Pet Club doesn't understand that pets come in all shapes and sizes, just like friends. Now it is time for a boy and his tiny pet elephant to show them what it means to be a true friend. Imaginative and lyrical, this sweet story captures the magic of friendship and the joy of having a pet.
Download or read book The World s Worst Elephant Jokes written by Len Weinrib and published by Price Stern Sloan. This book was released on 1989 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book For to See the Elephant A Novel in Verse written by Tammi J. Truax and published by Piscataqua Press. This book was released on 2019-04-16 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a variety of voices, Truax tells the never-before-told story of the first two elephants to come to America and their enslaved keeper, William. In the autumn of 1795 on board a ship from Salem, Massachusetts an enslaved boy named William finds himself tasked with caring for the first elephant to be brought to America. Upon arrival in the city of New York, he and the elephant are sold together. They walk back and forth across the growing country for years so that everyone may see the elephant. A second elephant and owner replace the first and again William is with the elephant every hour of every day, until she too dies. Now a grown man, William has a fleeting moment to decide if he will remain a bondman, or walk off on his own. Tammi Truax has worked as a teacher in a variety of settings from preschool to prison, always with an emphasis on literacy. She has lived and worked throughout New England and Germany. Her writing has appeared in ten anthologies, including The Widows' Handbook: Poetic Reflections on Grief and Survival, edited by J. Lapidus and L. Menn, with a foreword by Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg (Kent State University Press, 2014) Truax is a writer, teacher, and historian with a passion for truth telling. She is serving as the Maine Beat Poet Laureate 2018-2020 and resides in Eliot, Maine, not far from where the elephant once walked.
Download or read book If Elephants Disappeared written by Lily Williams and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would happen if elephants disappeared? Trace the repercussions of a world without elephants in writer and illustrator Lily Williams' third picture book about loss and conservation. The Congolese forest is home to many types of animals. Some are strong. Some are slippery. Some are loud. And some, like the elephant, are BIG. The elephant has become synonymous with the image of African wildlife. They can grow over 10 feet tall and eat up to 300 pounds a day. While these giants are beloved figures in movies and zoos, they also play a large role in keeping the forest ecosystem healthy. Unfortunately, poachers are hunting elephants rapidly to extinction for their ivory tusks, and that could be catastrophic to the world as we know it.
Download or read book Free to Be Elephant Me written by Giles Andreae and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling creators of Giraffes Can't Dance comes a delightful story about an elephant looking for a place where he belongs. It's time for the Elephant Games! Every young elephant parades their talent in front of the king to earn their special elephant name. But Num-Num doesn't have a special skill to display. With a little help from some familiar friends, will this little elephant learn that being yourself is the most important talent of them all? Readers will love seeing some of their favorite characters from Giraffes Can't Dance return. Free to Be Elephant Me is perfect for family sharing and for teaching young readers about the importance of being yourself.
Download or read book Let s Go for a Drive written by Mo Willems and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephant Gerald and Piggie want to go for a drive, but as Gerald thinks of one thing after another that they will have to take along, they come to realize that they lack the most important thing of all.
Download or read book Elvin written by Heather Snyder and published by Lash & Associates Pub./Training Incorporated. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Elvin the elephant who has a brain injury. The story follows Elvin to school where he has learning difficulties. Shows the social and behavioural changes common among children with head injury.
Download or read book The Elephant in the Room written by Holly Goldberg Sloan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s comes a heartfelt story about "the importance of compassion and bravery when facing life’s challenges” (Kirkus) for fans of The One and Only Ivan and Front Desk. It's been almost a year since Sila's mother traveled halfway around the world to Turkey, hoping to secure the immigration paperwork that would allow her to return to her family in the United States. The long separation is almost impossible for Sila to withstand. But things change when Sila accompanies her father (who is a mechanic) outside their Oregon town to fix a truck. There, behind an enormous stone wall, she meets a grandfatherly man who only months before won the state lottery. Their new alliance leads to the rescue of a circus elephant named Veda, and then to a friendship with an unusual boy named Mateo, proving that comfort and hope come in the most unlikely of places. A moving story of family separation and the importance of the connection between animals and humans, this novel has the enormous heart and uplifting humor that readers have come to expect from the beloved author of Counting by 7s. “I couldn’t stop reading—I had to find out what would happen. An unusual and lovely real-life fairy tale.” —Linda Sue Park, New York Times Bestselling author of A Long Walk to Water “A gorgeous and emotional novel. I loved every page.” —Cynthia Kadohata, Newbery Medal-winning author of Kira-Kira
Download or read book The Elephant Vanishes written by Haruki Murakami and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the tales that make up The Elephant Vanishes, the imaginative genius that has made Haruki Murakami an international superstar is on full display. In these stories, a man sees his favorite elephant vanish into thin air; a newlywed couple suffers attacks of hunger that drive them to hold up a McDonald’s in the middle of the night; and a young woman discovers that she has become irresistible to a little green monster who burrows up through her backyard. By turns haunting and hilarious, in The Elephant Vanishes Murakami crosses the border between separate realities—and comes back bearing remarkable treasures. Includes the story "Barn Burning," which is the basis for the major motion picture Burning.
Download or read book Love Life and Elephants written by Daphne Sheldrick and published by Picador. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick's] cause."—The Boston Globe The first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has saved countless African animals from certain death. In this indelible and deeply heartfelt memoir, Daphne tells of her remarkable career as a conservationist and introduces us to a whole host of orphans—including Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope, and the majestic elephant Eleanor. Yet she also shares the incredible human story of her relationship with David Sheldrick, the famous Tsavo National Park warden whose death inspired the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the orphans' nursery, where Daphne works to this day. From her tireless campaign to preserve Kenya's wildlife to the astonishing creatures she befriended along the way, Love, Life, and Elephants is alive with compassion and humor, providing rare insight into the life of one of the world's most fascinating women.
Download or read book Elephant Elephant What Can You See written by Amelia Hepworth and published by Random House Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Look behind colorful flaps to find the friendly creatures hiding in this interactive board book. Includes a surprise mirror ending! Elephant! Elephant! What can you see? Under the lily pad, who could it be? Is it Lion? Hippo? Maybe Giraffe? This interactive board book invites curious little ones to guess the creature that's hiding in the tall grass, under the water, behind the tree, and more! The colorful illustrations on the right-hand page hint at what animal it might be, but little ones will have to lift the flap to find out for certain! With five spreads of bright, stylish illustrations, a lovable elephant main character and his tiny bird friend, and a surprise mirror on the final page, this is the perfect book to share with the very youngest reader.
