Author : Bill Molenhof
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 48,91 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780769291970
For six players. African Elephant Run is written for vibraphone solo, synthesizer (electric guitar optional), electric bass, and three percussion. The tempo indication is "Rock, world music" (half note = 86). The instruments employed are vibraphone, marimba, agogo bells, tom-tom shell, drum set, 3 concert toms, orchestra bells, snare drums, and afuche. It is an exciting piece with driving energy through to the end!
Author : Roland Smith
Publisher : Perfection Learning
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 23,19 MB
Release : 2009-12
Category : Burma
ISBN : 9781606865156
When 14-year-old Nick is sent to his father in Burma to escape the 1941 bombings in London, he finds himself in even more danger as Japanese soldiers arrive and take control of the plantation house.
Author : Roland Smith
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,42 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780822530060
Introduces the characteristics and behavior of elephants, looks at their tusks and trunks, and describes how elephants find food, stay cool, and care for their young
Author : Adam Frost
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 27,48 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 140882955X
Tom and Sophie join their mum in a dash to Whipsnade Zoo to help an elephant deliver its calf, and another exciting adventure begins. At first the elephant calf, Dirshani, struggles to survive as it doesn't eat well. With expert help and lots of care, the calf grows stronger, and Tom and Sophie have a new animal friend. During the next year the young elephant is encouraged to take its place in the herd. Tom and Sophie dream that one day Dirshani will take part in the elephant demonstration. But there are a few hurdles for them all to cross before that dream is realised in this thrilling animal adventure.
Author : Kaitlyn Duling
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 23,65 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1618915959
Water can be hard to find on African savannas. Luckily, African elephants have unique ways to stay cool and hydrated with their wrinkly skin and throat pouches! In this title, simple text helps young readers explore all the ways these elephants have adapted to their dry biome. Special features showing range, conservation status, and diet visually support the text to aid in learning and comprehension.
Author : Daphne Sheldrick
Publisher : Picador
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,51 MB
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250033376
"Astonishing...You may be tempted after the last page to sell all your possessions and join [Sheldrick's] cause."—The Boston Globe The first person to successfully raise newborn elephants, Dame Daphne Sheldrick has saved countless African animals from certain death. In this indelible and deeply heartfelt memoir, Daphne tells of her remarkable career as a conservationist and introduces us to a whole host of orphans—including Bushy, a liquid-eyed antelope, and the majestic elephant Eleanor. Yet she also shares the incredible human story of her relationship with David Sheldrick, the famous Tsavo National Park warden whose death inspired the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust and the orphans' nursery, where Daphne works to this day. From her tireless campaign to preserve Kenya's wildlife to the astonishing creatures she befriended along the way, Love, Life, and Elephants is alive with compassion and humor, providing rare insight into the life of one of the world's most fascinating women.
Author : Cynthia J. Moss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,29 MB
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226542238
Elephants have fascinated humans for millennia. Aristotle wrote of them with awe and Hannibal used them in warfare. This book is the summation of what's been learned from the Amboseli Elephant Research Project (AERP) - the longest continuously running elephant research project in the world.
Author : Roland Smith
Publisher :
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Asiatic elephant
ISBN : 9780545105668
Nick endures servitude, beatings, and more after his British father's plantation in Burma is invaded by the Japanese in 1941, and when his father and others are taken prisoner and Nick is stranded with his friend Mya, they plan a daring escape on elephants, risking their lives to save Nick's father and Mya's brother from a Japanese prisoner of war camp.
Author : Sharon Pincott
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 38,37 MB
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1760290335
'A book to take readers into another world.' - Caroline Jones AO, presenter, Australian Story 'A raw, honest story that needs to be heard.' - Tony Park, bestselling author of An Empty Coast 'This mesmerizing book is not just about a love of elephants, it is also about the indomitable spirit of someone who followed her passion.' - Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant specialist, celebrated in the BBC's Echo of the Elephants In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For thirteen years - the worst in Zimbabwe's volatile history - this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them. Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage and honour amongst our greatest land mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.
Author : Caroline Arnold
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1623345227
Elephants have lived on Earth for million of years. Yet due to illegal hunting and the destruction of their natural habitat, today they are among the most endangered of species. This informative photo essay follows this intelligent giant's day-to-day life and behavior, both in captivity and in the wild. With forty striking full-color photographs, Elephant offers youngsters a fascinating view of this largest of all land animals.
