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Elephants: A Book for Children | 
 enlarge | Authors: Steve Bloom, David Henry Wilson
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
Buy New: $8.91
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 161541
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 64
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 10.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0500543445
Dewey Decimal Number: 599.67
EAN: 9780500543443
ASIN: 0500543445
Publication Date: April 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
A glorious visual safari for children by best-selling photographer Steve Bloom.
From Babar to Dumbo, the elephant has long fascinated children as well as their parents. Here, eighty stunning photographs encompass every aspect of the elephant's life and world: elephants big and small, African and Asian, in the wild and domesticated, at play and at rest. Whether taken from the air, from underwater, or from the side of a jeep, these images will capture the imagination of any child.
Steve Bloom's extraordinary photographs depict the elephants in their natural environment as well as in their unique relationships with people. Here are elephant babies playing in the dust, families rolling in the mud, polo-playing elephants, elephants at bath time, impressive herds roaming the plains, and much more. The entertaining texts by David Henry Wilson explain anything and everything of interest about elephants, from why they flap their ears to how much they weigh and how much they eat. 80 color illustrations.
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A wonderful book for children with stunning photographs March 29, 2008
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my elephant-obsessed son. It is a stunningly beautiful book. Steve Bloom is a wildlife and nature photographer and the quality of the photographs is outstanding. Both African and Indian elephants are featured throughout, photographed in the wild, at work, at play and even swimming in deep water - who knew elephants can swim?
The text manages to be both highly informative and perfectly pitched to a younger audience. Facts are put in terms that children can relate to. In reading this book I learned so many interesting things about elephants (not something I would previously have thought likely). Some examples: Elephants are either left or right tusked just as humans are left or right handed. Elephants can swim underwater using their trunks as snorkels. Elephants educate their boys and girls separately. Elephants remember, even years later, the exact spot where one of their herd died. An easy way to tell Indian and African elephants apart is by the shape of their ears, which resemble the continents which give them their names.
The text and photographs also complement each other extremely well. A lot of thought has been put into this book. It is an absolute joy to read.
This truly beautiful book would make a wonderful gift for any pre-school or primary school aged child who enjoys animals.
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