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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From slowing wildfires to planting seeds, one animal is the true superhero that keeps the African savanna in balance. Elephants dig to find salt that other animals lick, their deep footprints collect water for small creatures to drink, and they eat young trees to keep the forest from overtaking the grasslands. In every season, the elephants are there to protect the savanna and its residents - but what would happen if the elephants were only "once...
2) 5 elephants
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Language
English
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Profiles of five famous elephants introduce young nature enthusiasts to the stories of thriving wild elephant Echo, solitary zoo elephant Lucy, sanctuary elephant Tarra, tragic entertainment elephant Tusko, and rehabilitated elephant Thandora.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Best-selling nonfiction maven Gail Gibbons explores elephants, the world's largest land animal. Elephants are very intelligent and social, with a trunk that serves as nose, foot, hand, and tool. Using her signature combination of clear information and detailed illustrations, Gail Gibbons presents important facts about these mesmerizing animals, describing elephant behavior, habitats, diet, and more.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Explore the lives of elephants with Ranger Rick in this beginning reader with full-color photos of elephants in the wild! What if you wished you were an elephant and then you became one? Could you talk like an elephant? Sleep like an elephant? Live in an elephant family? And would you want to? Find out! Ranger Rick explorers can learn all about elephants in this reader full of fascinating facts, vivid wildlife photographs, a Wild Words glossary,...
8) Hiding Phil
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Three siblings come upon an elephant named Phil and decide to bring him home--and then they have to hide him from their parents.
11) Elmer and Rose
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When Grandpa Eldo asks Elmer and Wilbur to help a young elephant find her way back to her herd, they are surprised to find that she is pink, but even greater surprises are in store for them.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story,...
13) Elephants
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English
Description
From their ancient relatives, woolly mammoths and mastodons, to their amazingly versatile trunks and strong ivory tusks, elephants are some of the most fascinating animals on Earth. Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon as he investigates the many characteristics and behaviors of elephants and, with stunning full-color photographs, learn all about the largest land animals in the world!
15) Baby Elephants
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Being a baby elephant can be hard work. Babies must learn how to use more than 100,000 different muscles-and that's just in their trunk! Learn more about these cuties in this title for beginning readers.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
In this novel-in-verse that picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob, Ruby recounts her life before the circus when her caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa comes for a visit.
Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob . Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
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