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Judging a book by the cover
I picked up the book because of the cover, a boy sitting with Interesting story
This was a good book, easy to read by people of all ages. There are some amazing life struggles depicted very well...

A REVIEW OF THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD
I think that how Ralph Helfer made this story become so true and so realistic to the readers mind really touched me it is one of the best books i have ever read and ever will read. You cant read this book with out a box of tissues near bye because I cried my eyes out through out the whole book. I can really relate to this book because currently my pony is for sale and i am going to keep track of him forever and hopefully who ever buys him will sell him back to me for my baby cousin who is too young for him now but will be a perfect match as she gets older. Ralph Helfer gets a standing applause for his book Modoc. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Biography & Autobiography - Performing Arts    3. Children's 9-12 - Biography / Autobiography    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Circus animals    7. Human-animal relationships    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Modoc (Elephant)    11. Performing Arts - Circus    12. Social Issues - Friendship    13. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Elephants   

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inspiring
inspiring book that illustrates the beauty within all, hope for an endangered species, connection between humans, animals, and our planet. Proceeds of the book benefit this innovation collaboration- I plan to purchase gift copies for birthdays, holidays.. really wonderful book for all ages. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Animals as artists    3. Art - Painting    4. Asiatic elephant    5. Behavior    6. Children's 9-12 - Animals/Pets    7. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    8. Children: Grades 1-2    9. Children: Kindergarten    10. Juvenile Fine Arts    11. Juvenile Nonfiction    12. Juvenile literature    13. Mammals    14. School & Education    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

Subjects:  1. African elephant    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Mammals    7. Nature    8. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    9. Wildlife    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

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Awesome!
My 2 year old received this book when he was born and we have been reading it to him since. He loves it so much, we had to buy a copy for a friend who just had a baby. He is learning all about opposites and also expanding his vocabulary. We had to buy a second copy for ourselved because the first one is wearing out already!

Give me a break!
Lighten up, people!You are taking this book WAY too serious!These are elephants that we're talking about, not naked humans. This book is supposed to be funny and a take-off on traditional abc books.My kids own this book and no, they have not been emotionally damaged by viewing peeing elephants.

DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK
FOR SMALL CHILDREN!!!! It is NOT appropriate!! It was bought for my four year old and has since gone to the dump... it shows boy/girl with illustrations of a elephant peeing out of his male parts, and a female peeing out of hers... then plugged/ unplugged with a cork in the elephants bottom, and then the plug removed and the color pouring out... and then smart/ stupid??? I was DONE at that point... NOT appropriate..
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's 4-8 - Language Arts    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. English language    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Language Arts - General    10. Opposites    11. Synonyms and antonyms    12. Juvenile Fiction / General   

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Great source of information!
This book is awesome.It is filled with amazing pictures and all the information you will ever need about Elephants.I love it! I recomend checking out many of the other "eyewittness" books.If you need information for a book report or are just ready to discover something new... this is the book for you. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Elephants    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Nature - General    9. Reference - General    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

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Best Dino book for kids ever!
My kids are 8 and 10, and they are both obsessed with Bones Rock! They love it for the awesome photos and the tips about learning to be paleontologists. I love it because they are learning the scientific method without even realizing it. I'm a teacher and I think this is one of the best classroom tools I've come across in a long time. Wow! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Activity Books - General    2. Animals - Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures    3. Animals - Elephants    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Fossils    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Paleontologists    10. Paleontology    11. Vocational guidance    12. Dinosaurs & the prehistoric world    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Dinosaurs   

Subjects:  1. African elephant    2. African elephants    3. Animals - Elephants    4. Children's 4-8 - Nature    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Elephants    7. Juvenile literature   

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Great book for any age read aloud!
My students love hearing this book.It is different to see a picture that is a happy/sappy tale.They really get into this book asking a ton of questions throughout the story. It is a great book to use in the classroom as it ties in with many subjects!

Thought provoking
I teach Grade 5 children and the unit of work we were studying was "World Peace". We had read "Sadako" and talked a lot about WWII - then this book was recommended to me. My students sat enthralled as I read it.(I had forewarned them that it was very sad) It produced lots of great discussion and helped re-inforce the impact that war has on people and societies. An excellent book for older students.

Faithful Elephants
This is brilliant book with beautiful illustrations. I recommend this book to those teachers that are serious about teaching reading and helping children construct meaning for themselves. When I first read this book the child totally enjoyed the story, even though our eyes were filled with water. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's 9-12 - History - General    3. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    4. Children: Babies & Toddlers    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Elephants    7. Fiction    8. Historical - Military & Wars    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile fiction    11. World War, 1939-1945    12. Zoo keepers    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's 9-12 - Animals/Pets    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Elephants    6. Infancy    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mammals    10. Animals   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 4-6    4. Elephants    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    8. Wildlife conservation    9. Elephants - Juvenile literature    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    11. Wildlife conservation - Juvenile literature   

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A wonderful book!
Even though this book is really written for older children, my 17-month-old son loves it too!We don't read the words to him, but he loves to look at the pictures and make elephant sounds.As he gets older, I'm sure he'll appreciate the information more, and my husband and I find it very interesting too. About a baby elephant born in the Woodland Park Zoo
Hansa: The True Story Of An Asian Elephant Baby is a remarkable picturebook for young readers about a baby elephant born in the Woodland Park Zoo. Children will learn that Hansa was 235 pounds when born and by her first birthday had gained almost 800 pounds! Filled cover to cover with true facts about elephants and splendid color photographs from the Woodland Park Zoo, Hansa is very highly recommended for young people who want to learn more about this wondrous, exotic animal species. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Asiatic elephant    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Environmental Conservation & Protection - Endangered Species    6. Infancy    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Mammals    10. Nature    11. Seattle    12. Washington (State)    13. Zoo animals   

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Touching story of a gentle soul
I purchased this book because I admire Carol Buckley's work at the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tennessee. For several years, I watched the heroine of this book, the Asian elephant Tarra, on the Sanctuary's website "Elecam," which records the elephants movements during the day. I vicariously fell in love with Tarra from watching her daily movements and was determined to learn more about her past life. This book provided me with a loving history of Tarra, how Carol came to meet her as a baby, purchased her and eventually take her around performing for the next 15 years. A dream came true
Carol Buckley made her dream come true, a retirement for her elephant Tarra and a sanctuary for elephants on a farm in Tenesse. An Fine Elephant Tale
TRAVELS WITH TARRA is an enchanting, black & white book about one woman's lifelong friendship with a captive Asian elephant, brought to America as a baby to be a promotional gimmick for a tire dealership, back when that could still be done.Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Asiatic elephant    4. Biography    5. Buckley, Carol,    6. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    7. Elephant trainers    8. General    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mammals    12. Social Issues - Friendship    13. United States    14. Women   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Elephants    5. Juvenile literature   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Asiatic elephant    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 2-3    5. Elephants    6. General    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Juvenile literature    9. Tha Kleng    10. Thailand    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's 9-12 - Animals/Pets    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Development    6. Elephants    7. General    8. Infancy    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mammals    12. Preschool Informational Books   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Elephants    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

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It reads with the drama of fiction but is based on fact, which is even more intriguing
It took fourteen years of construction to build the Brooklyn Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and New York - but some wondered how much weight the new bridge could safely handle. One man decided to show them it was strong enough to hold even the heaviest passenger -- and demonstrated this with elephants. The man's name? P.T. Barnum. It reads with the drama of fiction but Twenty-one Elephants And Still Standing is based on fact, which is even more intriguing.
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Subjects:  1. (Phineas Taylor),    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Architecture    4. Barnum, P. T    5. Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y    6. Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)    7. Children's 9-12    8. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    9. Children: Grades 1-2    10. Children: Kindergarten    11. Elephants    12. Fiction    13. General    14. History    15. History - United States/State & Local    16. Jumbo (Elephant)    17. Juvenile Nonfiction    18. Juvenile fiction    19. Preschool Picture Story Books    20. Juvenile Nonfiction / Architecture   

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Follow Grandma!
I love this book. Told as a story, GRANDMA ELEPHANT'S IN CHARGE emphasizes the elephant social structure and it also packs in a lot of zoological information about elephant characteristics and habitat.Two fonts are used to distinguish the main story from the labels or added information. The illustrations are warm blue and earth tone paintings. There is an additional paragraph "About Elephants" at the end of the book as well as an index. Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animal behavior    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Behavior    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 1-2    6. Elephants    7. Familial behavior in animals    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Preschool Picture Story Books    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

Subjects:  1. Animal sounds    2. Animals - Elephants    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children's Books/Baby-Preschool    5. Children: Grades 1-2    6. Counting    7. Fiction    8. Frogs    9. General    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Elephants   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Elephants    2. Children's Baby - Boardbooks    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Animals    7. Board books    8. Novelty, toy & die-cut books