GROWING UP IN AFRICA'S ELEPHANT KINGDOM: The Story of Little Bull

Ellen Foley James, , photos by Karl Ammann. . Sterling, $6.95 (45pp) ISBN 978-0-8069-2095-5

PW said of this photographic book, based on a Discovery Channel film, "The text takes on a narrative rhythm, poignance and humor, with stunning photographs of a baby elephant against a backdrop of the Kenya plains." Ages 4-7. (Nov.)

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