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Synopsis
It's not just elephants that are big - so are elephant families! And the biggest and most important member of all...is Grandma. She's the boss! Find out why in this fascinating book by the author of The Emperor's Egg, winner of the TES Junior Information Book of the Year Award. Entertaining narrative text is complemented by facts on every double page, and an index and fact section at the back make this a fascinating and informative picture book for young ele-fans everywhere!
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About the Author
Martin Jenkins is an environmental consultant. He has been involved as writer and/or adviser in the production of many technical books on conservation matters, as well as the Walker non-fiction titles Fly Traps! Plants that Bite Back, runner-up for the 1996 TES Junior Information Book Award; and The Emperor's Egg, Winner of the
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K-Gr. 2. With relaxed, informal words and realistic illustrations in watercolor and colored pencil, this boisterous picture book brings children close to exciting facts about African elephants in the wild. Elephants are huge, and so are their families, and the double-page spreads burst with information about how much an elephant eats and weighs, and the role of grandma as leader. The pictures are detailed enough to show the elephants' wrinkled skin; huge, flapping ears; and tough hairs, and the words express the commotion in the herd as well as the leader's role in the herd's survival (when she makes a great hullabaloo, she's probably bluffing; but when she's silent with her trunk tucked under, "then she means business"). Exciting for story hour sharing, this is also a good picture book for the classroom, and, though there's no mention of tusks and the ivory trade, Jenkins' final conservation plea can spark discussion. Hazel Rochman
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- PublisherWalker Childrens Paperbacks
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1844287262
- ISBN 13 9781844287260
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages29
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Grandma Elephant's In Charge
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Walker Childrens Paperbacks, 2004
ISBN 10: 1844287262
ISBN 13: 9781844287260
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