The Elephant

Name: The Elephant
Brand: Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd
SKU: 9781592702640
Price: 34.99 NZD
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By Jenni Desmond

Series: Endangered Animals

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Summary

Join a young boy as he discovers the fascinating world of the elephant, from its habitats in Africa and Asia to its unique traits like walking on tip-toes and having a preferred tusk. This nonfiction children's book combines scientific accuracy with stunning illustrations to bring these magnificent, endangered animals to life.
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The Elephant

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In this, Jenni Desmond’s third nonfiction children’s book about one of the large, endangered animals of Earth, we join a young boy as he learns about The Elephant.

—We have started leveling our books for the school and library market, The Elephant by Jenni Desmond will also be leveled.
—We are reaching out to the WWF for an endorsement for The Elephant.
—Enchanted Lion will be publishing a thematic grouping of books for this season, the theme being Elephants. The Elephant by Jenni Desmond will be published in conjunction with The Smallest Elephant in the World by Milton Glaser, and Noodlephant by Jacob Kramer. Books will be marketed as a thematic group.
—Strategic social media promotion.
—Wide-circulation of review copies to the trade, consumer media and blogs.
—Illustration Blog reviews, interviews, and attention.

Description

In this, Jenni Desmond's third nonfiction children's book about one of the large, endangered animals of Earth, we join a young boy as he learns about The Elephant.

From Africa to Asia, the elephant makes its home. Light on their feet, despite their great weight, these magnificent creatures appear light and graceful because they are always walking on their tip-toes. They have excellent hearing and can detect the rumblings of other elephants from six miles away. And, just like humans being right-handed or left-handed, elephants can be right tusked or left tusked!

The recipient of the 2016 New York Times Best Illustrated award for her book The Polar Bear, Desmond creates illustrations that are scientifically accurate, strikingly detailed, and beautifully rendered in collage, paint, and coloured pencil.

Series: Endangered Animals

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The Elephant

In this, Jenni Desmond's third nonfiction children's book about one of the large, endangered animals of Earth, we join a young boy as he learns about The Elephant. From Africa to Asia, the elephant makes its home. Light on their feet, despite their great weight, these magnificent creatures appear light and graceful because they are always walking on their tip-toes....

By Jenni Desmond

Hardback

$34⁹⁹

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The Blue Whale

A nonfiction picture book, The Blue Whale draws children into the life and world of this enormous whale by situating facts within a familiar context that is fun and engaging. Here, readers are given the actual size of an eye right on the page, and we are informed how understand this whale's body size in relation to trucks, cars, milk...

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The Polar Bear

Age range 4 to 8Following on her gorgeous blue whale, Desmond's polar bear is exquisitely rendered, magnificent, and precise, with wonderful storytelling too.A gorgeously illustrated nonfiction book about the polar bear, this is a factually accurate as well as poetic exploration of polar bear bodies, habits, and habitats. Working in a painterly, expressive way, Jenni Desmond creates landscapes and creatures...

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781592702640

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 December 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: Enchanted Lion Books

Illustration: color illustrations throughout

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 249.0mm

Height: 298.0mm

Weight: 556g

Pages: 48

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Children's Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Jenni Desmond Series: Endangered Animals

About the Author

Jenni Desmond is an award-winning illustrator, artist and picture book author whose books have been translated into over 20 languages. She has won The New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, the Camrbidgeshire 'Read it Again' picture book award, and a Maurice Sendak Fellowship. Jenni lives in East London UK with her husband and baby daughter. When she's not in her studio, you'll find her cooking, cycling and swapping city life for long hikes down by the sea shore or up in the hills and the mountains.

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