The Mud Elephant

Author : Venkat Rajan
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 9384391409
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mud Elephant written by Venkat Rajan and published by Notion Press. This book was released on with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Veeran, a ten-year-old boy, is caught in the vicious cycle of poverty and prejudice. He lives in Varambiam, an obscure village in southern Tamil Nadu, India, subjected to caste distinctions and tending to the everyday chores of the village Zamindar. The village chief however, has now lost all his wealth and faded into oblivion. Bala, the ten-year-old grandson of the patriarch, visits the village house to escape the squalid ghetto and travails of daily living faced by his family in the big city, Chennai. Bala finds a friend in Veeran, in Sevapan the family steer who is deaf, in Tiger – the dog who is the stolid guardian of the family, and in Joseph – the railway gatekeeper with his utopian socialist leanings. Bala silently witnesses the consequences of his family’s hubristic past and the state of ignominy the village head is pushed into. The boys of Varambiam share important life lessons and make a secret wish. Bala, now a grown man, has moved to Mumbai with his wife. Will he ever meet with Veeran again? Will their secret wish come true? “Venkat Rajan paints a colorful vignette in ‘The Mud Elephant’. A distinct Indian coloring at it. The tone is humorous, detached and ironic. Rajan as a raconteur, actually unfolds a Dickensian narrative, providing a social context and an amazing feel for his characters.” Joy Augustine, Filmmaker

Author : Barbara Gowdy
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1443400793
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The White Bone written by Barbara Gowdy and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If elephants could tell just one story, it would be the story of Mud, a young elephant cow orphaned at birth and blessed with visionary powers. Mud’s life on the African plain is changed forever when she and her adopted family are forced by prolonged drought to linger at one of the few remaining watering holes. The herd is ambushed there by ivory poachers, who kill almost all the cows and their young. The traumatized survivors, including a pregnant Mud, set out in search of the talismanic white bone that can lead them to a paradise free from human savagery.

Author : Sydnie M. Kleinhenz
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 1429648791
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elephants written by Sydnie M. Kleinhenz and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2010-05-27 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did you know that elephants take mud baths and roll in the dirt? Discover how these wild animals live their lives in Africa.

Author : Cynthia Moss
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022614853X
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elephant Memories written by Cynthia Moss and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A style so conversational…that I felt like a privileged visitor riding beside her in her rickety Land-Rover as she showed me around the park." —The New York Times Book Review Cynthia Moss spent many years living in Kenya’s Amboseli National Park and studying the elephants there, and her long-term research has revealed much of what we now know about these complex and intelligent animals. In this book, she shares a more up-close and personal perspective, chronicling the lives of the elephant families led by matriarchs Teresia, Slit Ear, Torn Ear, Tania, and Tuskless, including a rare look at calves and their development. This edition is also updated with a new afterword, catching up on the families, covering current conservation issues, and “celebrating a species from which we could learn some moral as well as zoological lessons” (Chicago Tribune). “One is soon swept away by this ‘Babar’ for adults. By the end, one even begins to feel an aversion for people. One wants to curse human civilization and cry out, ‘Now God stand up for the elephants!’”—The New York Times “Moss speaks to the general reader, with charm as well as scientific authority…[An] elegantly written and ingeniously structured account.”—TheWall Street Journal “Any reader interested in animals will be captivated.”—Publishers Weekly

Author : Alec Nightingale
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781497377172
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mud the Eloquent Elephant written by Alec Nightingale and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-21 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know elephants never forget. They also sometimes use vocabulary as enormous as they are. However, even the smartest of them will, on occasion, lose sight of the little things that matter. This is the story of one such elephant, who goes by the name of Mud. Will his way with words get him out of a sticky situation or will he get lost in his own linguistics?

Author : Avery Adams
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508155534
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elephants Work Together written by Avery Adams and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants are smart. They can sense when another elephant needs help, and they know how to work together. Adult elephants often use teamwork to rescue a baby elephant that has become stuck in mud. This fascinating book explores how elephants live in the wild and work together to survive. Fact boxes highlight key information on each spread. Nonfiction features including a glossary and an index support the Common Core standards for early elementary instruction. Full-color photographs make this a fascinating read.

Author : Steve Bloom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780500650554
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elephants written by Steve Bloom and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Bloom's breathtaking photos carry this book and will keep it being reread. Familiar animals, appearing newly grand. --Chicago Tribune

Author : Vicki Croke
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0812981650
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elephant Company written by Vicki Croke and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK The remarkable story of James Howard “Billy” Williams, whose uncanny rapport with the world’s largest land animals transformed him from a carefree young man into the charismatic war hero known as Elephant Bill In 1920, Billy Williams came to colonial Burma as a “forest man” for a British teak company. Mesmerized by the intelligence and character of the great animals who hauled logs through the jungle, he became a gifted “elephant wallah.” In Elephant Company, Vicki Constantine Croke chronicles Williams’s growing love for elephants as the animals provide him lessons in courage, trust, and gratitude. Elephant Company is also a tale of war and daring. When Japanese forces invaded Burma in 1942, Williams joined the elite British Force 136 and operated behind enemy lines. His war elephants carried supplies, helped build bridges, and transported the sick and elderly over treacherous mountain terrain. As the occupying authorities put a price on his head, Williams and his elephants faced their most perilous test. Elephant Company, cornered by the enemy, attempted a desperate escape: a risky trek over the mountainous border to India, with a bedraggled group of refugees in tow. Part biography, part war epic, Elephant Company is an inspirational narrative that illuminates a little-known chapter in the annals of wartime heroism. Praise for Elephant Company “This book is about far more than just the war, or even elephants. This is the story of friendship, loyalty and breathtaking bravery that transcends species. . . . Elephant Company is nothing less than a sweeping tale, masterfully written.”—Sara Gruen, The New York Times Book Review “Splendid . . . Blending biography, history, and wildlife biology, [Vicki Constantine] Croke’s story is an often moving account of [Billy] Williams, who earned the sobriquet ‘Elephant Bill,’ and his unusual bond with the largest land mammals on earth.”—The Boston Globe “Some of the biggest heroes of World War II were even bigger than you thought. . . . You may never call the lion the king of the jungle again.”—New York Post “Vicki Constantine Croke delivers an exciting tale of this elephant whisperer–cum–war hero, while beautifully reminding us of the enduring bonds between animals and humans.”—Mitchell Zuckoff, author of Lost in Shangri-La and Frozen in Time

Author : Jennifer Short
Publisher : Blurb
ISBN 13 : 9781714035731
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby the Elephant written by Jennifer Short and published by Blurb. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Bobby the Elephant gets stuck in the mud he fears he may have lost his family but help comes from an unlikely and tiny friend who helps him find his way back home.

Author : Christine Herbert
Publisher : Genz Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781952919763
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Color of the Elephant written by Christine Herbert and published by Genz Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outstanding new voice in memoir, Christine Herbert takes the reader on a "time-machine tour" of her Peace Corps volunteer service as a health worker and educator from 2004-2006 in Zambia. Rather than a retrospective, this narrative unfolds in the present tense, propelling the reader alongside the memoirist through a fascinating exploration of a life lived "off the grid." At turns harrowing, playful, dewy-eyed and wise, the author's heart and candor illuminate every chapter, whether she is the heroine of the tale or her own worst enemy. Even at her most petulant, the laugh-out-loud humor scuppers any "white savior" mentality and lays bare the undeniable humanity-and humility-of the storyteller. Through it all, an undeniable love for Zambia-its people, land and culture-shines through. A must-read for the armchair adventurer, a book about Zambia - a personal Peace Corps Memoir.