Yolen, Jane
Summary: "An unlikely--and entirely unforgettable--tale of a most unusual friendship between Flora, an elephant calf stolen from her African home, and David, the circus impresario and magician, who adopts, trains, and ultimately liberates her in a tale freely inspired by actual events"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronicle Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE YOLTerp, Gail
Summary: "Diagrams, graphs, and fun text help readers explore the lives of African elephants and their place in the wild animal kingdom"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Rabbit Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 TERPringle, Laurence P.
Summary: A biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own photographs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atheneum Books 1997
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: 599.67 PRIJoubert, Beverly.
Summary: Introduces the African elephant by following a husband and wife team who observe them, covering the importance of the herd, why its population is dwindling, and ways people can help conserve them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2008
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Publisher / Publication Date: H.N. Abrams 1999
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 599.674 KUNKnudsen, Shannon
Summary: "Describes the behavior and physical characteristics of African elephants."--From source other than the Library of Congress
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications Co. 2006
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Summary: Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, feeding, family life, and habitat of the African elephant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 1991
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 599.6 PATPringle, Laurence
Summary: Learn all about the elephant in this nonfiction picture book that explores every aspect of these giant mammals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 PRIMalby-Anthony, Françoise
Summary: "Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is a powerful, gripping story about an extraordinary herd of elephants and the woman dedicated to keeping them safe. 'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There was no giving up on that vision, no matter how hard the road was at times.' Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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Summary: After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them play together in the surrounding bush. As the babies become closer and more like a real family, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic Kids 2016
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Summary: This nonfiction picture book follows an elephant's growth from a newborn calf to a full-grown adult in one of the most socially and structurally complex family groups on earth.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: David Macaulay Studio, Roaring Brook Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599 ROYDesmond, Jenni
Summary: An introduction to the world of the elephant combines facts with illustrations that compare their size and amount they eat to objects in the everyday world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enchanted Lion Books 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.67 DESMalby-Anthony, Françoise
Summary: ""Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." -Publishers Weekly A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 MALBuzzeo, Toni.
Summary: Tembo, a little African elephant, wants to be just like her grandmother, Bibi, but is often distracted when she is supposed to be following Bibi to a watering hole. Includes a note about elephants.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Pr 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE BUZGowdy, Barbara.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books/H. Holt 1999
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Summary: Recounts an expedition through the Moremi Wildlife Reserve in Botswana, describing the vegetation and wildlife, and culminating in the sighting of an African elephant herd.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2000
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 591.96 LEWContents: Satin Bowerbird -- American Alligator -- Jaguar -- Superb Lyrebird -- Three-humped Treehopper -- Yellow Buffalo Threehopper -- Capercaillie -- Franquet's Epauletted Bat -- Bowhead Whale -- Humpback Whale -- Knudsen's Frog -- Tungara Frog -- Smoky Jungle Frog -- Club-winged Manakin -- Black-and-gold Cotinga -- Red-ruffed Fruitcrow -- Capuchinbird -- Screaming Piha -- Bearded Manakin -- Greater...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology/Library of Natural Sounds 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INFORMATION MACPoole, Joyce
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1996
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 591.5092 POOWood, Levison
Summary: "Ever since he was young, Levison Wood has been fascinated by elephants and their fight for survival. While trekking the Nile he finally saw these beasts up close, and in The Last Giants, he satisfies his lifelong desire to learn more about the majestic African elephant. These giants journey through some of Africa's most magnificent landscapes as they go in search of life-giving waters and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Cat 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 WOOSummary: John Wilson is a brilliant, driven filmmaker who is determined to turn his new project in Africa into a grand personal adventure hunting a wild elephant.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE WHIPinnock, Don
Summary: Amazing photographs of elephants accompany narratives from researchers, scientists, and conservationists celebrating elephants and calling for their preservation. African savanna elephants--among the most magnificent and beloved of our fellow mammals--are an extraordinary, social, and intelligent species. The Last Elephants , an homage to these animals and a clarion call for their preservation,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 PINTownsend, John
Summary: Follow the tracks ... and learn all about the animals that made them! This eye-opening guide features to-scale representations of the prints left by mammals and reptiles from across the globe--and a foldout picture of an elephant, too. Accompanied by fascinating tidbits of information, the lifelike illustrations help kids identify creatures by their tracks, and encourage budding naturalists to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Book House 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.4 TOWSummary: Covering the dire elephant poaching crisis : poachers, rangers, victims and those who save the elephants. A n unbridled terrorist-driven slaughter of the African elephant ; weighs both the human and environmental toll.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Light Productions 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WILBass, Rick
Summary: "For acclaimed writer and environmental activist Rick Bass, it can be wearying to dwell relentlessly upon the broken, the fragmented, the dead and dying and doomed to extinction. Activism is a necessary part of the environmental movement, but so is the time-honored celebration of the beauty that inspires us. Spanning his storied career, these new and selected essays attempt to take a brief step...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2024