"High in the mountainous rainforests of Burma and India grow some of the world's last stands of mature, wild teak. For more than a thousand years, people here have worked with elephants to log these otherwise impassable forests and move people and goods (often illicitly) under cover of the forest canopy. In Giants of the Monsoon Forest, geographer Jacob Shell takes us deep into this strange elephant country to explore the lives of these extraordinarily...

Elmer, the patchwork elephant, and his friends play in the snow.

When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life.

"Join David and his grandmother on an amazing trip to study [the elephants] in an Asian sanctuary and on an African reserve. Discover how people can give elephants a hopeful future."--Page 4 of cover.

Baby Elephant thinks she's big enough now to have adventures all by herself. So, leaving her big, wise mum behind, she sets off, to the lake, the village and the jungle. But she soon ealises that the world can be a scary place for a little elephant and that maybe it's better having her mum beside her after all.

Describes the characteristics and habits of the African and Indian elephants. Includes questions and vocabulary.

Introduces elephants, discussing everything from their constantly growing tusks and their six sets of teeth to their ability to purr and the ways readers can help conservation efforts.

Presents an illustrated introduction to elephants, with information on their body parts, social behavior, daily habits, their relationships with humans, and their interactions with other animals.