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Pub. Date
[c2014]
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J.H. 'Billy' Williams always had an affinity for animals. So, when he responded to job offer with the East India Company to work with logging elephants his family wasn't surprised, though worried that he had already come back from World War I in one piece, would he be so lucky with India? Not only did he find his calling with the elephants in India, Billy and his elephants became war heroes. At the onset of World War II, Williams formed Elephant Company...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Elephant seals are animals unlike any other, and curious and reluctant readers alike will be captivated by these exceptional creatures' life cycle, habitats, diet, and threats to survival through carefully leveled text, detailed infographics that emphasize visual literacy, and engaging, colorful photography"--
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Elephant whisperer volume 2
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"A heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Fran©ʹoise Malby-Anthony. A chic Parisienne, Fran©ʹoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserve. But then she fell in love with conservationist Lawrence Anthony and everything changed. After Lawrence's death, Fran©ʹoise faced the daunting responsibility of running Thula Thula without him. Poachers attacked...
7) Elephant run
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 10
Description
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
8) Elephants
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Follows the story of the longest, most torturous elephant migration on the planet. Living on the edge of the hot and dry Sahara Desert, the very margins of where elephants can survive, hundreds of elephants make a dangerous but necessary journey as their main source of food and water dries up and they must go in search of more. Battling 120-degree heat, sandstorms, and fierce thunderstorms, these amazing animals travel 35 miles a day in a race against...
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"When ex-military contractor John Knox receives a text from partner Grace Chu warning that she fears her cover may have been blown while on assignment, he jumps into action. Knox must locate her overseas handlers, convince them of the danger, and then attempt to retrace the well-hidden steps of a woman who had been investigating how one million euros' worth of AIDS vaccine disappeared, all while eluding angry poachers on a parallel trail. Corruption...
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Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about the fighting abilities of rhinoceroses and African elephants. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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"On a quiet morning in 1896, in a small German circus town, a boy and an elephant were born. The boy was named Bram, the elephant Modoc. Bram was the son of a local elephant handler, and even as a child he showed signs of becoming a master handler. Modoc grew impressively beyond anyone's imagination - exceptional intelligence, massive size, and a gentleness surpassing that of even the kindest elephants. The two were raised as siblings, and when news...
13) Elephant seal
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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about elephant seals. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Early in the twentieth century, a group of female factory workers in Newark, New Jersey, slowly died of radiation poisoning. Around the same time an Indian elephant was deliberately and publicly put to death by electricity in Coney Island. These are matters of historical fact. Now these two tragedies are intertwined in a dark alternate history of rage, radioactivity, and wrongs crying out to be righted. Brace yourself for a wrenching journey that...
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"Can understanding how forest elephants communicate help scientists find ways to protect them? Come behind the scenes of Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project to see what's being done to keep these majestic animals safe."--
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"High in the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India grow some of the world's last stands of mature, wild teak. For more than a thousand years, people here have worked with elephants to log these otherwise impassable forests and move people and goods (often illicitly) under cover of the forest canopy. In Giants of the Monsoon Forest, geographer Jacob Shell takes us deep into this strange elephant country to explore the lives of these extraordinarily...