Steve Bloom (1) (1953–)

This is a great informational book on the life of an elephant for children. Wilson’s amazing photos of every aspect of an elephant captures the imagination of any child. His variety of photos show elephants of all sizes, elephants in different environments or countries, and both wild and domestic. Wilson does a great job in relating these elephants in their natural environment to their unique relationships with people. This book has a great combination of illustration and information.

This book is full of large, moving photographs and has short, slightly humorous text to go with them. It is organized into sections on physical characteristics, behavior, and relationships with other elephants, other animals, and humans. It conveys an immense appreciation and respect for the animals.

Positive review from Margaret Mallett (Books for Keeps No. 169, March 2008)

This could be used to look at an author's point of view because their are many pieces of evidence in the text that show show more the author believes that elephants are intelligent, amazing creatures, but he doesn't come right out and say it. show less

Bellissimo questo libro! E’ diviso in capitoli, ognuno riguardante un genere di Primati, con un’introduzione e poi delle didascalie alle varie foto ricche di informazioni sulle abitudini e il tipo di vita di queste affascinanti creature ma, ovviamente, a farla da padrone sono le immagini: tutte veramente stupende!

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Summary: This book is an informational book about elephants. This book shows different elephants. The elephants are from different locations. This is a great learning guide for children.

Personal reaction: I thought this was a great informational book. It was not boring like most informational books. The pictures were great. I felt the book was for children of all ages.

Classroom extensions:
1.) Research parts on an elephant
2.) Talk about where the elephants originated and are now.
3.) Journal show more entry over some new things that were learned about elephants after reading this book. show less