How To Find An Elephant

Picture book, 32 pages. Imaginative step-by-step directions on how to find an elephant on a dull day! Published in 2017 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Book Recap

When the day is dull what do you do? You head into the wilds with binoculars, a blanket, a flute and some food to find an elephant.  Because elephants can be anywhere!

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Learning Suggestions

Family Read Aloud Time
Plan to cuddle for some time when you choose this book for read aloud time -- in every picture there is a hidden elephant! Or is it a rhinoceros?

Learning At Home
My Little Guy is just beginning to find hidden pictures in his monthly Highlights magazine. As his skills develop, How To Find An Elephant would be a good next step in learning to differentiate details in illustrations.

Classroom Options
How To Find An Elephant is a great read aloud, a good book for Reading Buddies, and an excellent book to begin a classroom discussion about imagination.

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Kate Banks

Banks is the author of dozens of children's books and has received the Charlotte Zolotow Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

Boris Kulikov

Kulikov was a theatrical set & costume designer in Russia before immigrating to the US. He illustrates children's books, as well as draws for the New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

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