Charming Children’s Book With an Uplifting Message: “Elephant Me” : Part 2
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Charming Children’s Book With an Uplifting Message: “Elephant Me” : Part 2

“So Num- Num decided to move far away,  To a place where no elephants go.  He trudged through the dust and the heat of the plains,  His head and his tail hanging low.”     “But soon, because Num- Num was GENTLE and KIND,  And was blessed with a GENEROUS SOUL. Lions and zebra, giraffes … Continue reading »

Charming Children’s Book With an Uplifting Message: “Elephant Me” : Part 1
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Charming Children’s Book With an Uplifting Message: “Elephant Me” : Part 1

When all the elephants come round to be named by the King elephant there is one who seemingly has no demonstrable talent at all. For according to ‘elephant lore’ those monikers are chosen by the very talents which they bring before the Monarch. Num- Num is convinced that he is not special, not talented, until … Continue reading »

Children’s Picture Book From South Africa!: The Elephant in the Room
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Children’s Picture Book From South Africa!: The Elephant in the Room

Lindi believes in her elephant. It’s the adults that question her unwavering view that her elephant is real. This little story embraces the imagination of a young girl. The illustrations capture this perfectly. And there is no question that having an elephant in one’s story adds an endearing side. “Everybody knows that!”      The … Continue reading »

Brilliant Children’s Picture Book – Travel Along With the Animals Across London!: “You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus!”
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Brilliant Children’s Picture Book – Travel Along With the Animals Across London!: “You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus!”

What fun, for children of all ages! After making a go of it themselves, in their individual quests to travel and seek adventure in the UK – London, an eclectic mix of animals all work out a way to get “carried about,” well, together! The prose of author Patricia Cleveland Peck is clever and the … Continue reading »

Early Learning Picture Book: A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes
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Early Learning Picture Book: A Parade of Elephants by Kevin Henkes

A Parade of Elephants is… A charming little picture book for young children featuring elephants! The illustrations by the author, Kevin Henkes, draws one into a day in the life of the five elephants, a parade of elephants, with an unexpected ending. Well done!       “Look!” “Elephants!” “One, two, three, four, five.”   … Continue reading »

Happy Earth Day 2022: How Two Concerned Elephants From a Children’s Book Exemplify Earth Day Best
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Happy Earth Day 2022: How Two Concerned Elephants From a Children’s Book Exemplify Earth Day Best

Sometimes the smallest changes can make the biggest differences in the world. Take the two elephants from the children’s book Marcelin and Marcy For a Cleaner World. When they discover the dire situation their wildlife friends (ocean life & those living on land) are in (including their own species, the elephants) they want to pitch … Continue reading »

Animated Storybook: Elephant Pie by Hilda Offen: Part 2
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Animated Storybook: Elephant Pie by Hilda Offen: Part 2

Narrator: “Edward set off with the wheelbarrow.” (calling ‘Jojo, Jojo. Jojo where are you? Jojo where are you? ‘) (Edward comes upon five colorful fluttering parrots perched up high in a tree, chattering noisily before doing an about-face in unison and pointing to another tree) ‘We have seen her at the tree,’ shrieked some parrots … Continue reading »

Animated Storybook: Elephant Pie by Hilda Offen: Part 1
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Animated Storybook: Elephant Pie by Hilda Offen: Part 1

An endearing story about how a naughty baby elephant is saved by her big brother after she ends up in her mum’s fresh baked pie. And who are those crocodiles who ordered the birthday pie in the first place? Narrator: “Elephant Pie by Hilda Offen” ‘What would you like for your birthday, my dearest dear?‘ … Continue reading »

Children’s Classic, Unabridged: THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD or How the Elephant Got Its Trunk from JUST SO STORIES by Rudyard Kipling: Part 3
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Children’s Classic, Unabridged: THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD or How the Elephant Got Its Trunk from JUST SO STORIES by Rudyard Kipling: Part 3

So the Elephant’s Child went home across Africa frisking and whisking his trunk. When he wanted fruit to eat he pulled fruit down from a tree, instead of waiting for it to fall as he used to do. When he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground, instead of going on his knees … Continue reading »

Children’s Classic, Unabridged: THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD or How the Elephant Got Its Trunk by Rudyard Kipling: Part 2
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Children’s Classic, Unabridged: THE ELEPHANT’S CHILD or How the Elephant Got Its Trunk by Rudyard Kipling: Part 2

“‘Come hither, Little One,’ said the Crocodile, ‘for I am the Crocodile,’ and he wept crocodile-tears to show it was quite true. Then the Elephant’s Child grew all breathless, and panted, and kneeled down on the bank and said, ‘You are the very person I have been looking for all these long days. Will you … Continue reading »