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Echo of the Elephants: The
Story of an Elephant Family |
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Written by Cynthia Moss |
Morrow, New York, NY, 1992
ISBN: 978-0688121037 |
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no: 599.62 M855ec |
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| In
January 1990, Cynthia Moss, the founder of the Amboseli Elephant
Research Project, and wildlife photographer Martyn Colbeck set
out to record eighteen months in the life of one elephant family
in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Echo of the Elephants
describes their findings while offering, in words and pictures,
fascinating insights into elephant behavior. (From the
publisher.) |
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The Fate of the Elephant |
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Written by Douglas H. Chadwick |
Sierra Club, San Francisco, CA, 1992
ISBN: 978-0871566355 |
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no: 599.61 C345f |
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| In the
19th century, writes Douglas Chadwick, Africa boasted more than
10 million of the giant pachyderms; there are fewer than half a
million today, a situation mirrored in Asia. The slaughter is
largely the result of the illegal ivory trade, conducted through
such nations as Japan and Singapore, which ignore international
conventions to keep the barbarous supply rolling. Sanctions on
those nations are needed, says Chadwick--but so is much more.
This sobering book offers an encyclopedic look at the life
history of the African and Asian elephants, which, unless
something is done now, may not be long for the world. |
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Elephants |
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Edited by Jeheskel Shoshani |
Rodale Press, New York,
NY, 2002
ISBN: 978-0875961439 |
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no: 599.61 ELE |
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This book covers elephant evolution
and biology in detail, discussing early relatives such as the
mastodon and mammoth. More than 30 experts have contributed
informative essays on birth, communications, and other aspects
of behavior and environment. |
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The Eye of the Elephant: An
Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness |
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Written by Delia Owens |
Houghton Mifflin, Boston,
MA, 1992
ISBN: 978-0395423813 |
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no: 639.9 Ow2c |
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| The
story of the Owens family who after moving to Zambia, they found
their peace shattered by the gunfire of elephant poachers. This
is the story of the couple's battle to save the elephants and
their own lives. |
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The Astonishing Elephant |
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Written by Shana Alexander |
Random House, New York, NY, 2000
ISBN: 978-0679456605 |
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no: 599.67 ALE |
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| Shana
Alexander traveled the world for this story about
elephants. She has visited India and Africa, interviewing the
brave researchers who are devoting their lives to the oversize
mysteries of elephants. She has looked back in history,
detailing the elephant's importance in every major religion, in
work, and in warfare. |
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Elephants |
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Written by Joyce Poole |
Voyageur Press, Stillwater, MI 1997
ISBN: 978-0896583573 |
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no: 599.67 POO |
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| For
hundreds of thousands of years, people have been awed by
elephants. Unfortunately, these giant beasts are rapidly
disappearing as a result of our insatiable need for more land
and the desire of some people for ivory. Biologist and
conservationist Joyce Poole offers a deep and personal look at
these remarkable animals. She has spent over half her life
studying and protecting elephants, and draws on her own
groundbreaking studies of African elephant behavior in Kenya as
well as the work of other renowned biologists. Poole, teaches
readers about the elephant's intricate society and strong sense
of family, their complex infrasonic communication, their feeding
and mating habits, and their chances for survival in a rapidly
changing world. |
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Elephants: Gentle Giants of
Africa and Asia |
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Written by Marcus Schneck |
Smithmark, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN: 978-0765191939 |
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no: 599.678 SCH |
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Color photos by some of the finest
and most daring photographers introduce the reader to the
nature, history, habitats, and various traits of some of the
world's most fascinating wild creatures. The complex social
rituals, physical characteristics of the subspecies, and details
of each animal's daily existence are illustrated. |
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Hunting Game |
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Written by Nancy Herndon |
Berkley Prime Crime, New York, NY,
1996
ISBN: 978-0425155790 |
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no: Fic H4134h |
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| Elena
Jarvis is an officer in the Crimes Against Persons department of
the Los Santos, Texas police. But at the moment she's branching
out--into Crimes Against Elephants, to be precise. The alleged
victim is Pansy, a gentle zoo animal who's suddenly turned
violent. Her keeper suspects she was drugged--and soon Elena has
her own suspicions about the case as well. |
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Still Life with Elephant: A
Novel |
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Written by Judy Reene Singer |
Broadway Books, New York, NY 2007
ISBN: 978-0767926775 |
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no: Fic SIN |
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| Neelie
Sterling, is sent into a tailspin, when her husband Matt's new
colleague tells Neelie she is pregnant. Neelie throws
herself into her horse training business until she discovers
that Matt is part of a group planning to leave for Zimbabwe to
rescue a badly injured elephant. Thinking she could win Matt’s
heart again, Neelie manages to get included. The trip is
dangerous, exhilarating, and revealing. Neelie learns about
herself as a wife and a woman. Back at home, she discovers
secrets everywhere—with her parents, with Matt, even in training
an elephant. Fighting to keep her life from unraveling and
struggling to gain the elephant’s trust, she ultimately learns
that healing can be mutual. |
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El Bosque de los Pigmeos /
Forest of the Pygmies |
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Written by Isabel Allende |
Rayo, New York, NY, 2004
ISBN: 978-0060762193 |
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no: S Fic ALL |
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Alexander Cold sabe muy bien que su abuela Kate siempre anda en
busca de una nueva aventura. Cuando la International Geographic
le pide que escriba un artículo sobre los primeros safaris
africanos en elefantes, Kate, Alexander y Nadia -- junto con el
equipo de fotógrafos de la revista -- deciden adentrarse en las
ardientes planicies de Kenya. Sin embargo, no tardan en conocer
a un misionario católico que se acerca a ellos para preguntarles
si han visto a sus compañeros que, misteriosamente, han
desaparecido. Kate, Alexander, Nadia y todo el equipo de la
International Geographic deciden ayudarle. Contratan una mujer
piloto de la loca-lidad que los lleva a las pantanosas junglas
de Ngoubé. Ahí descubren una tribu de pigmeos y entran en un
mundo que se revela feroz y sorprendente un mundo de corrupción,
esclavitud y crueldad pero también de nobleza y magia.
Alexander Cold and Nadia Santos reunite for their final
adventure in Isabel Allende's celebrated trilogy. This time they
are heading to the blazing plains of Kenya, where Alex's
grandmother Kate is writing an article about the first
elephant-led safaris in Africa. Days into the tour, a Catholic
missionary approaches the camp in search of companions who have
mysteriously disappeared. |
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Babar (numerous
titles) |
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By Jean de Brunhoff |
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Random House, New York, NY, 1933 |
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no: E BRU |
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orphaned baby elephant goes to live in the city with an old lady
who gives him everything he wants, but he eventually returns to
the forest where he is crowned king of the elephants |
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Elmer (numerous
titles) |
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By David McKee |
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Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Books, New
York, NY 1989 |
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no: E MCK |
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| All the
elephants of the jungle were gray except Elmer, who was a
patchwork of brilliant colors until the day he got tired of
being different and making the other elephants laugh. |
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The Elephant's Child (numerous
editions with different illustrators) |
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By Rudyard Kipling |
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no: E KIP |
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of his "satiable curiosity" about what the crocodile has for
dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have
long trunks. |
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Seven Blind Mice |
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By Ed Young |
Philomel Books, New York, NY, 1991
ISBN: 978-0399222610 |
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no: E YOU |
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| Retells
in verse the Indian fable of the blind men discovering different
parts of an elephant and arguing about its appearance. The
illustrations depict the blind arguers as mice. |
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Tusk and Stone |
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By Malcolm Bosse |
Front Street, Arden, NC, 1995
ISBN: 978-1886910010 |
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no: J Fic BOS |
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| After a
criminal gang attacks his caravan and he loses his identity as a
Brahmin, Arjun resigns himself to his new life as a soldier,
becomes an elephant driver, and searches for his kidnapped
sister. |
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Splash! |
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By Flora McDonnell |
Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA,
1999
ISBN: 978-0763604813 |
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no: E MCD |
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| When the
jungle animals are hot, a baby elephant has a good solution
involving the squirting and splashing of water at the water
hole. |
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Little Elephant's Song |
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By Wolfram Hanel |
North-South Books, New York, NY,
2000
ISBN: 978-0735812987 |
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no: E HAN |
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| Baby
elephant has learned to do many things like catch bananas with
his trunk and spray water, but he has not mastered the
trumpeting sound that will keep him safe |
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Little Tumbo |
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By Steven Salerno |
Marshall Cavendish Children's Books,
New York, NY, 2003
ISBN: 978-0761451365 |
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no: E SAL |
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| When a
baby elephant named Little Tumbo is captured by hunters, he
wishes he could trumpet loudly to summon help. |
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How the Elephant Got its
Trunk: A Retelling of the Rudyard Kipling Tale |
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Illustrated by Norman Gorbaty |
Henry Holt, New York, NY, 2003
ISBN: 978-0805066999 |
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no: E RIC |
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of his curiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, a
little elephant and all elephants thereafter have long trunks |
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The White Elephant |
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By Sid Fleischman |
Greenwillow Books, New York, NY,
2006
ISBN: 978-0061131363 |
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no: J Fic FLE |
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| In old
Siam, young elephant trainer Run-Run and his old charge, Walking
Mountain, must deal with the curse of a sacred white elephant. |
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Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss
Explores the World of Elephants |
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By Laurence P. Pringle |
Atheneum Books, New York, NY, 1997
ISBN: 978-0689801426 |
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no: J 599.674 PRI |
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| A
biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in
Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own
photographs. |
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Elephants of Timbuktu |
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By Smithsonian Expeditions |
Hearst Entertainment, New York, NY,
1994
ISBN: 1565013638 |
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no: Video 599 ELE |
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| In a
remote West African desert a herd of 500 wild elephants lives in
close proximity to a tribe known as the Tuaregs. This film
documents the elephants' extroardinary yearly migration: a
600-mile, three-month trek when the elephants and Tuareg farmers
are rivals for the area's few resources. |
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Elephants |
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By The National Geographic Society |
National Geographic Society,
Washington, DC, 1989
ISBN: 079222454X |
| Call
no: Video 599 ELE |
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Of all the creatures that walk this
planet, the elephant is the largest, strongest, and among the
most intelligent. From Sri Lanka to Kenya, ELEPHANT is a
charming, sometimes alarming, in-depth look at this magnificent
animal and its precarious future. In Asia, watch man and beast
work side-by-side in a land where the elephant is an object of
worship and affection. In the open spaces of Africa, marvel at
the behavior of wild elephants as they communicate over great
distances. And finally, witness the birth of a baby elephant as
it struggles to its feet for the very first time. |
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