GROWING UP IN AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM: The Story of Little Bull
Ellen Foley James, , photos by Karl Ammann. . Sterling, $6.95 (45pp) ISBN 978-0-8069-2095-5
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said of this photographic book, based on a Discovery Channel film, "The text takes on a narrative rhythm, poignance and humor, with stunning photographs of a baby elephant against a backdrop of the Kenya plains." Ages 4-7. (Nov.)
Ammann sets his stunning photographs of a baby elephant against a backdrop of the Kenya plains. James's poetic text describes newborn Little Bull ""wrapped like a cabbage in his big elephant ears,"" Continue reading »
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