Grandma Elephant's in Charge


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“Cheerfully informal. . . . Lighthearted and affectionate.” — Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books An entertaining, educational look at the everyday life of a family of elephants —who never forget who’s in charge. Grandma! In lively prose interspersed with fun facts, Martin Jenkins spins a striking story about this no-nonsense matriarch and her remarkable brood, while Ivan Bates brings the great beasts to rumbling, tumbling, lumbering life.




But No Elephants


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Grandma Tildy finally agrees to take an unwanted elephant into her home, but soon regrets her decision.




Elephants Have Grandmas, Too


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Kayaya and Other Tales Part 1


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“Kayaya and Other Tales” are stories and picture of passion, dynamism, of innovation, of inspiration, of battle against nature, of friendship, of family, of love and of technologies. It teaches how animal communicate, including dogs, otters, birds, snakes. It describes fate of bears, lions, chimpanzees, and birds due to climate change, about melting ice, storm on the mountain, earth quake, and impact of computer as well as Earth bound asteroid. It teaches love of grand children, their health. It describes health of refugees, of house maid, of widowers, and that of a soldier. It depicts succinctly life of children in orphanage, of adopted children, of tribal doctors, of tribal kids. It describes life of a teacher, his teachings, and his motivation. It narrates love of a true friend, dedication during whether emergencies, love of children, love of sick children, love for mother, for grandparents, for teachers. It depicts, through a complicated maze, dedicated carrier paths to become a photographer, painter, guitarist, singer, farming, sport person, pilot, or a doctor. It teaches entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, faith, and adventure of flying and technologies. It also narrates life and transformation of a thief, life of priest, life of a house maid, life of a gardener, life of a convicts, life of a police officer, and life of a poacher.




Spirit House


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Witty, wise, and deeply moving, this is a remarkable novel, a story of the fall of Singapore and life as a POW, and of a young boy making sense of his future while old men try to live with their past David is 13 and confused. His mother has left with her lover and dumped David on his grandparents. David's grandfather, Jimmy, is 70. He spends his days at the social club grumbling with his three best friends, all of them Jewish-Australian survivors of the enforced labor camps of the WWII Thai-Burma Railroad. But behind their playful backbiting and irresistible wit, Jimmy and his friends are haunted by the ghosts of long-dead comrades, and the only person Jimmy can confide in is a 13-year-old from a different world.




Fragile Tears


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Stories on the passing of beloved animal companions.




The Elephant's Girl


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A magical adventure for fans of Katherine Applegate and Jennifer Holm about a girl with a mysterious connection to the elephant who saved her life. An elephant never forgets, but Lexington Willow can't remember her past. Swept away by a tornado as a toddler, she was dropped in a nearby Nebraska zoo, where an elephant named Nyah protected her from the storm. With no trace of her family, Lex grew up at the zoo with her foster father, Roger; her best friend, Fisher; and the wind whispering in her ear. Years later, Nyah sends Lex a telepathic image of the woods outside the zoo. Soon, Lex is wrapped up in an adventure involving ghosts, lost treasure, and a puzzle that might be the key to finding her family. Can Lex summon the courage to discover who she really is--and why the tornado brought her here all those years ago?




Grandmother Fish


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A groundbreaking picture book introducing the concept of evolution. "A dynamite job... gorgeously illustrated." —NPR




Thirsty, Thirsty Elephants


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Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Elephants never forget During a drought in Tanzania, Grandma Elephant is in search of water for her herd. Little Calf follows along and mimics her grandmother at each stop on their journey. When Grandma leads them to a watering hole she recalls from years before, the elephants are overjoyed and Little Calf splashes about with her tender leader. Grandma's persistence and powerful memory is something Little Calf will never forget. Based on true events. Sandra Markle’s acclaimed nonfiction writing takes on a more lyrical style alongside Fabricio VandenBroeck’s gorgeous illustrations making this story of animal behavior accessible for younger readers. Back matter includes further information about the phenomenon of a herd of elephants that survived a drought, as well as fascinating elephant facts.




Ninochka


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A playful literary mystery set in the 1930s and 1990s, Ninochka tells the double tale of two women exiles who are both homesick and sick of home. Tanya, a Russian immigrant living in New York, travels to Paris in an attempt to reconstruct the secret life of Nina B., who was murdered there almost sixty years ago, on the eve of World War II. The murder was never solved, and in an attempt to crack the case, Tanya takes possession of Nina's handbag, which contains her diaries, love letters, kits for embroidering Russian blouses, a mysterious treatise on Eurasian supremacy, and a review of Ninotchka, the film in which Greta Garbo played a KGB agent who finds romance in Paris. Among the potential murder suspects are a charismatic professor and nationalist leader, an aspiring American songwriter, an aging Trotskyite, a Hungarian con artist, a heavy-drinking singer of nostalgic romance, and an athletic Comrade X of unknown origins who was rumored to have returned to the Soviet Union. As Tanya is drawn into this immigrant underworld of displaced people, double agents, and dreamers, she finds herself more and more implicated in the life of the murdered woman. Ultimately, she is forced to return to her native country, where she confronts her own homesickness in the changing post-Soviet world.