Elephants of Africa

GibbonslatestisahandyearlyreferencebookabouttheAfricanelephant.Beginningwithwhereelephantsarefound,thetextmovesontolookatearlyancestorsoftheelephantandthespecificfeaturesthatmakeituniqueintheanimalworld:trunk,tusks,thickskin,largeears,pooreyesightandlargemolars.Muchofthenarrativefocusesonthesocialnatureofelephants&howtheyliveinfamilygroups,raisetheiryoung,findfoodandwaterandprotectthemselves.Largetitlesatthebeginningofeachnewtopicandlarge-printvocabularywordsthataredefinedonthesamepagemakethisaneasilyaccessibleresourceforchildren.