The Little Elephant who Lost His Bath


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Little Elephant is having a very grouchy day. Can you help him find his bath? With interactive lift-the-flap pages and gorgeous illustrations by Jedda Robaard, join Little Elephant on his adventures as he searches for his missing bath.




The Elephant in the Bathtub


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One day Elephant filled the bathtub with water and got in. There was still plenty of room, so Cat climbed in too. Then Baby Giraffe dropped in. Then Bear . . . and Alligator . . . and Cow . . . and . . . This is a bathtub bound for adventure!




Going to See the Elephant


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The trade paperback reprint of Rodes Fishburne's highly-praised first novel GOING TO SEE THE ELEPHANT, which was published in hardcover 1/09.




Kari, the Elephant


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The growth and adventures of an elephant and his young master.




The Cowboy and His Elephant


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A chronicle of the American West follows a cowboy as he adopts a baby elephant.







Giants of the Monsoon Forest: Living and Working with Elephants


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“No one who loves elephants or how humans interact with wildlife should pass up Jacob Shell’s remarkable book.” —Dan Flores, author of Coyote America Giants of the Monsoon Forest journeys deep into the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India to explore the world of teak logging elephants and their intriguing alliance with humans. Jacob Shell’s narrative vividly depicts elephants’ extraordinary intelligence, and the complicated bond with individual human riders, a partnership that can last for decades. Giants of the Monsoon Forest reveals an unexpected relationship between evolution in the natural world and political struggles in the human one, while considering how Asia’s secret forest culture might offer a way to help protect the fragile spaces both elephants and humans need to survive.







A Hare in the Elephant's Trunk


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Inspired by the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy, follows Jacob Akech Deng's journey as he flees his home under the threat of war, and, guided by the memory of his mother, tries to survive in a refugee camp.




Try Your Hand at This


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American Sign Language is more than just an assortment of gestures. It is a full-fledged unique language, with all the characteristics of such. This helpful and user-friendly guide for librarians and other library personnel involved in library programming demonstrates everything from how to set up programming involving sign language for all ages to dealing with and paying interpreters. The book also discusses how to publicize programs to the public and within the deaf community and how to evaluate and improve the library's sign language collection. Kathy MacMillan's impressive understanding and knowledge of the deaf community and the importance of sign language_as well as her exceptional handling of the numerous erroneous myths about deafness and sign language that are, unfortunately, still often current_make this handbook an indispensable tool for all library personnel looking to reach out to the deaf and hard-of-hearing community.