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Hope for the elephants / by Patricia J. Murphy.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Dorling Kindersley readers. 3, Reading alone.Publisher: London : DK Publishing, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First American editionDescription: 63 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781465428417
  • 1465428410
  • 9781465428424
  • 1465428429
  • 9781480669802
  • 1480669806
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction -- First stop: Asia -- Settling in -- Join us as a volunteer -- How are elephants and humans alike? -- Getting to know elephants -- History of elephants -- Elephants as gods -- Elephant trunk tricks -- next stop: Africa -- Learning about elephants -- A day in the life of a savannah elephant -- Protecting the elephants -- Big babies gallery -- Why do elephants matter? -- Naming elephants -- Spread the hope -- Elephants quiz.
Summary: "Join David and his grandmother on an amazing trip to study [the elephants] in an Asian sanctuary and on an African reserve. Discover how people can give elephants a hopeful future."--Page 4 of cover.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Reader 639.9796 M978 Available 33111008526481
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

For children who like facts about elephants, or kids interested in Asia and Africa, comes Hope for Elephants , a DK Reader designed to improve reading skills while keeping kids engaged and entertained. In Hope for Elephants , David joins his Grandma on a trip to Asia and Africa to study the problems elephants are facing. They spend a week as volunteers at an Asian elephant sanctuary in Sri Lanka, caring for the elephants. Then they fly to Kenya to meet the anti-poaching patrol, staff and researchers at a nature reserve. Find out more about elephants and the dangers they face in this compelling book for young readers. At the end of Hope for Elephants , we learn that elephants can have a hopeful future when we help protect them.

Develop your child's reading skills with DK Readers , a multi-level reading program designed to capture your child's interest while developing reading skills and general knowledge. A wide variety of subjects allows you to choose a topic that interests your child and develop reading skills around it. Children ages 4 through 9 will find the perfect books for their appropriate reading levels to develop the reading skills needed to improve school projects and independent reading.

Introduction -- First stop: Asia -- Settling in -- Join us as a volunteer -- How are elephants and humans alike? -- Getting to know elephants -- History of elephants -- Elephants as gods -- Elephant trunk tricks -- next stop: Africa -- Learning about elephants -- A day in the life of a savannah elephant -- Protecting the elephants -- Big babies gallery -- Why do elephants matter? -- Naming elephants -- Spread the hope -- Elephants quiz.

"Join David and his grandmother on an amazing trip to study [the elephants] in an Asian sanctuary and on an African reserve. Discover how people can give elephants a hopeful future."--Page 4 of cover.

Includes index.

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