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  • The Elephant

The Elephant

Author
Jenni Desmond
Publication Date
November 06, 2018
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
The Elephant
Only 4 copies currently available
Description

In this, Jenni Desmond's third nonfiction children's book about one of the large, endangered animals of Earth, we join a young boy as he learns about The Elephant.

From Africa to Asia, the elephant makes its home. Light on their feet, despite their great weight, these magnificent creatures appear light and graceful because they're always walking on their tip-toes. They have excellent hearing and can detect the rumblings of other elephants from six miles away. And, just like humans being right handed or left handed, elephants can be right tusked or left tusked!

The recipient of the 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated award for her book The Polar Bear, Desmond creates illustrations that are scientifically accurate, strikingly detailed, and beautifully rendered in collage, paint, and colored pencil.

Publication date
November 06, 2018
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781592702640
Publisher
Enchanted Lion Books
BISAC categories
JNF051150 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Zoology
JNF037020 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection
JNF003070 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Elephants

Kirkus

Starred Review
A must-have for anyone who loves elephants.

Publishers Weekly

Starred Review

In Desmond's third title in a series devoted to endangered animals, a brown-skinned boy wearing a red crown reads from a book--the very same book in readers' hands--about African and Asian elephants. The mixed-media art offers naturalistic depictions of elephants on the savannah, tramping through the forest, and crossing a dry desert. Desmond includes expressive touches, as well: a mountain of fruits and vegetables represents what an elephant could eat in a day (the boy sits atop the pile, munching on an apple). Memorable facts about elephants occur throughout: "Since some African elephants' ears are as big as full-sized refrigerators, vigorous flapping can generate quite a breeze." An affectionate and informative celebration of two magnificent species. Ages 4-8. (Oct.)

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Jenni Desmond
Jenni Desmond is an award-winning illustrator, artist and picture book author whose books have been translated into over 20 languages. She has won The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Camrbidgeshire 'Read it Again' picture book award, and a Maurice Sendak Fellowship. Jenni lives in East London UK with her husband and baby daughter. When she's not in her studio, you'll find her cooking, cycling and swapping city life for long hikes down by the sea shore or up in the hills and the mountains.
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