Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Bob, a mutt of uncertain heritage, sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his long-lost sister with the help of his two best friends, Ivan the gorilla and Ruby the elephant. As a hurricane approaches and time is running out, Bob finds courage he never knew he had and learns the true meaning of friendship and family. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Ivan is an easygoing gorilla. Living at the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Video Arcade, he has grown accustomed to humans watching him through the glass walls of his domain. He rarely misses his life in the jungle. In fact, he hardly ever thinks about it at all. Instead, Ivan thinks about TV shows he's seen and about his friends Stella, an elderly elephant, and Bob, a stray dog. But mostly Ivan thinks about art and how to capture the taste of a mango or...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 19
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Piggie is upset because a whale took the ball she found, but Gerald finds a solution that pleases all of them.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Language
English
Formats
Description
"You'll never forget elephants! With their massive size, floppy ears, twisting trunks, and long tusks, elephants have so much to love! And the more you get to know them--about their clever minds and caring hearts--the more you realize humans and elephants have a lot in common!" --
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Explore the lives of elephants with Ranger Rick in this beginning reader with full-color photos of elephants in the wild! What if you wished you were an elephant and then you became one? Could you talk like an elephant? Sleep like an elephant? Live in an elephant family? And would you want to? Find out! Ranger Rick explorers can learn all about elephants in this reader full of fascinating facts, vivid wildlife photographs, a Wild Words glossary, and...
Author
Series
Elephant and Piggie books volume 13
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
All Time Staff Favorites: Easy Readers and Juvenile Fiction
Kindergarten Readiness: Language and Literacy
Kindergarten Readiness: Language and Literacy
Description
Gerald and Piggie discover the joy of being read. But what will happen when the book ends?
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This sweet, lyrical read-aloud shares all the love young siblings feel as they count down the days to their new baby's arrival! Following an adorable young elephant sibling who shares the boundless love and excitement for this soon-to-be new family member, this is a touching tribute to the most special relationship siblings have. Told with Barney Saltzberg's vibrant, bold artwork and playfully tender text, this book is perfect for expectant families...
10) Baby elephants
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Introduces baby elephants to young readers through leveled text and related photos.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Ruby's story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby's caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob. In the timeless way that only Katherine Applegate could craft, this highly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Pub
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Not all baby animals are teeny little bundles. Readers will learn about some big, but no less adorable, baby elephants. Vivid photographs paired with lively, easy-to-understand text will teach young readers about the lives of elephant calves. They will learn about elephants' unusually long gestation period, the awkward stage of learning to use their trunk and four large legs, and on through to becoming one of the herd, or departing to live alone...
Author
Publisher
Chicago Review Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Early on a January morning in 2015, a young bull elephant touched a sagging electric line in the Paneri Tea Plantation in the Udalgari District of Assam, India. The elephant's soft-padded feet conducted the current, and the animal fell, kicking in the mud. The local veterinarian called to the scene thought the tusker was going to die. The forest department warden called the one person who could help: Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma, India's beloved elephant...
16) Elephants
Author
Publisher
[Library Ideas, LLC]
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to the threats to and protections of elephants. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
Author
Series
Monkey with a tool belt series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Chico the monkey wakes up to a loud clatter, he puts on his tool belt and searches his tree house to find what is making the noise, only to discover Clark the elephant stuck in the laundry chute.
Author
Series
Bravelands. Original series volume 3
Language
English
Description
"A new Great Father now rules over the animals of Bravelands, but he is not what he seems, and unless the elephant Sky, the baboon Thorn, and the lion Fearless can fight his lies and unite the animals of the plains, the balance of Bravelands may be destroyed forever"--
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Elephant of Belfast chronicles a seven-month period of time when the Germans unexpectedly bombed Belfast, Northern Ireland, also known as the Belfast Blitz. Through the lens of the Bellevue Zoo and one of its zookeepers, twenty-year-old Hettie Quin, the novel animates how the war irrevocably impacted--and shaped the lives of Belfast's citizens in broad and intimate ways. In October 1940, Hettie meets Violet, a three-year-old Asian elephant arriving...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
As the temperature rises in Gaborone, Precious Ramotswe, founder of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, wonders whether the heat could be the reason that business is particularly slow. But then a distant cousin of Mma Ramotswe's comes to the agency with a plea for help and the ladies decide to pursue the issue together. Armed with Mma Ramotswe's circumspection and Mma Makutsi's sharp eye, they proceed with confidence and open hearts. What, after all,...
In Marina
Didn't find what you need? Items that were published more than six months ago and which are not owned by AACPL can be requested from other Marina libraries in Maryland.
Didn't find a newly published title?
Looking for a title that was published in the past six months? You can submit a purchase suggestion. Please do not submit purchase suggestions for titles that have not yet been published. Submit Request