World Elephant Day is an international annual event on August 12, dedicated to the preservation and protection of the world's elephants. On August 12, 2012, the inaugural World Elephant Day was launched to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants. The elephant is loved, revered and respected by people and cultures around the world, yet we balance on the brink of seeing the last of this magnificent creature.
It is quite some time since I last wrote about Elephant Day and the library has some great books about elephants that are worth searching out.
• The Elephants Ears by Catherine Chambers and Caroline Mockford is the perfect book to explain the difference between Asian and African elephants. It reads like a folktale, but what it explains to the reader is factual and easy to apply to photographs of elephants.
• Elephants by Steve Bloom is a factual book for the whole family to share. It has amazing photographs with
Other factual books:
• Elephants by Seymour Simon
• The Truth About Elephants by Maxwell Eaton III
Books about why elephants need protection:
• Elephants on the Edge by Charles Hope
• If Elephants Disappeared by Lily Williams
• What the Elephant Heard by Charlotte Guillain and Sam Usher
Two books that show what can happen to elephants in the wild and the lengths we need to go to ensure they have a good life are:
• One Step at a Time by Jane Jolly and Sally Heinrich
• The Elephant's New Shoe by Laurel Neme and Ariel Landy
Two books that highlight elephants family structure:
• Grandma Elephant's in Charge by Martin Jenkins and Ivan Bates
• She Leads by June Smalls and Yumi Shimokawara
• My Bibi Always Remembers by Toni Buzzeo and Mike Wohnoutka
And of course, there's a myriad of great stories. See Pinterest here.
If you are lacking good nonfiction, you can always revel in elephant series that you have, such as Elmer (David McKee), Babar (Jean De Brunhoff), Elephant and Piggie (Mo Willems), The Large Family (Jill Murphy) or Ella the Elegant Elephant (Carmela D'Amico).
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