Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The Elephant's Journey The Elephant's Journey José Saramago From back cover: In 1551, King Joao III of Portugal gives Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon, along with his keeper, Subhro. The two have been living in dismal … OL15371135W
Tumptin's Sneeze Tumptin's Sneeze Kathy Webb Penrod Tumptin’s Sneeze is the story of a little elephant and the determined girl, Kiya, who befriends him. Tumptin provides good luck to the village by keeping their crops healthy from the abundant moistur… OL16794901W
Ellie the Elephant Ellie the Elephant Kathy Chamberlin Ellie is a typical young elephant. She loves to run and play with her friends and spend time with her family. But Ellie has a problem, she has trouble remembering. It seemed to Ellie that no one else… OL17364520W
An Elephant in the Garden An Elephant in the Garden Michael Morpurgo,Simon Reade Lizzie and Karl's mother is a zoo keeper; the family has become attached to an orphaned elephant named Marlene, who will be destroyed as a precautionary measure so she and the other animals don't run… OL17631373W
The Friend Ship The Friend Ship Kat Yeh A young hedgehog overhears someone saying she needs friendship so off she goes to find The Friend Ship. Along the way she collects lots of other animals who also want to find The Friend Ship. OL17860090W
Dumbo Dumbo Kari Sutherland The traveling Medici Bros. Circus is made up of a ragtag group. There’s Miss Atlantis, the resident mermaid, who is trying to find her voice. And Rongo, a strongman juggling more duties than he can k… OL20086489W
The popcorn dragon The popcorn dragon Jane Thayer Dexter the dragon finds he can blow smoke and gets so excited by this newfound skill that he lords it over the other animals until they get sick of him and won't play with him anymore. When he become… OL4621932W
Water for Elephants Water for Elephants Sara Gruen,John Randolph Jones,David LeDoux As a young man, Jacob Jankowski was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Ja… OL5813796W
Mammoth Mammoth Patrick O'Brien Fascinating facts about the elephant's ancient relatives. Long ago, in the time of cavemen and saber-toothed tigers, lived an enormous hairy creature with huge tusks--the mammoth. This ancient rel… OL8005419W
The orphans of Tsavo The orphans of Tsavo Daphne Sheldrick This is an amazing book that explains the author's special relatioship with the orphaned animals (elephants, rhinos, kudus, wild buffalows, etc) she sheltered in her house in Tsavo east along with he… OL8202546W