cover image Elephants Aloft

Elephants Aloft

Kathi Appelt. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), $6 (36pp) ISBN 978-0-15-201556-5

The text of this minimalist tale, in which two elephants travel to Africa by balloon, consists almost entirely of prepositions; brilliant acrylic illustrations provide the context. Ages 3-8. (Aug.)