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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2011 | Grades 5-up
Gr 3–6—This slim collection of poems and factoids celebrates the "wonders of elephants," from glorious winged creatures of myth to the realities of their precarious modern existence. With a wide-ranging stock of lore and fact, Vaughn limns the complex relationship between humans and the largest land animals. In "Inspiration," she observes that their image is "etched in the imagination/of all mankind,/a behemoth of hope." Poems li...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
Sophisticated poems celebrate elephants, from their behavior to their various roles in human imagination and commerce. Mixed-medi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
