Title:
Elephant / written by Ian Redmond ; photographed by Dave King.
ISBN:
9780679938804
9780789458728
9780789465917
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Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, 1993.
Physical Description:
64 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm.
General Note:
"A Dorling Kindersley book"--T.p. verso.
Includes index.
Contents:
Family tree 8 -- Mammoths and mastodons 10 -- Living relatives 12 -- Elephant skeletons 14 -- Elephants on tiptoe 16 -- Hand-nose 18 -- Tool-teeth 20 -- Unusual teeth 22 -- Nonstop dining 24 -- Playtime in the bath 26 -- Keeping cool 28 -- She who must be obeyed 30 -- Clash of the titans 32 -- Keeping in touch 34 -- Heavy babies 36 -- Why so big? 38 -- Big brains too 40 -- Salt-mining elephants 42 -- Harnessing nature's bulldozer 44 -- Elephants as tanks 46 -- Elephants as gods 48 -- Elephant entertainers 50 -- Elephants in art 52 -- White gold 54 -- Trading elephant parts 56 -- A day in the life 58 -- Benevolent elephants 60 -- Saving the elephant 62.
Summary:
Discusses elephants, their physiology, behavior, evolution, relatives, uses by humans, and conservation.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 7.8 1.0 13985.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.5 7 Quiz: 18188 Guided reading level: NR.
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Audience:
1220L Lexile
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OCLC Number:
ocm26215527
Availability:
Hastings - Pleasant Hill~1
