This beautiful and poignant story really captures the attention of the reader as the former circus elephant is taken from a zoo to an elephant sanctuary to begin a new life. It is a heartwarming story of an elephant reunion and really provides an in depth understanding of the social and family structure of these huge animals. The book provides a little information at the back about the Elephant Sanctuary which is located in Tennessee. The book was put out by the creator of the sanctuary and while many of the pictures are very good, there are two that could be a little clearer.
There are downloadable teacher resources available from the sanctuary website and an elecam
www.elephants.com
3rd grade and up
Sunday, May 6, 2007
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Concerns about this title: in addition to the pictures that are of questionable quality, many are very small. I like the story of the elephant sanctuary and of elephant relationships very much, but the book design is not great. Some of the prose is a bit stilted to me also.
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