Nonna's Reading Guide to Elephants

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Elephants fill our imaginations with their size, their families, their intelligence. Just as bedtime stories filled with bears who thump down the stairs or are found at the train station, so too do stories about elephants offer comfort and joy -- and something else.

Often these stories show us how to navigate the world with courage and perseverance, as well as with humility.

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8 Picture Books

Children will learn about family, friendship and courage in these eight lovely picture books.

• Zola's Elephant
• She Leads, The Elephant Matriarch
• Have You Seen Elephant?
• Mela and the Elephant
• Elephants Cannot Dance!
• Thirsty, Thirsty Elephants
• How to Find an Elephant
• Strictly No Elephants!

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6 Information Books

Elephants are intelligent, remember places, other elephants and people, love to play and have great senses of humor! Learn more about elephants in these six books:

• Amazing Animals: Elephants
  
• Natumi Takes the Lead
• How to Be an Elephant
  
• A Passion for Elephants
• I Wish I Was an Elephant
• Seedlings: Elephants

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Chapter & YA Books

Read six stories of people who persevere in their difficulties, learn to see the world in a new way or who dig deep for courage.

• An Elephant in the Garden
• The Elephant's Girl
• The Elephant's Journey
• The Girl Who Stole an Elephant
• The Magician's Elephant
• One and Only Ivan

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Elephants are almost as cuddly as bears!   
Nonna                

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