Incredibooks » Elephants http://incredibooks.com Book reviews by kids and teens Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:00:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 en Blue Hat, Green Hat http://incredibooks.com/2008/10/08/blue-hat-green-hat/ http://incredibooks.com/2008/10/08/blue-hat-green-hat/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 07:30:04 +0000 Sarah http://incredibooks.com/?p=1417 All Ages Incredibook! Picture Books

Blue Hat, Green Hat (Board book)
by Sandra Boynton
ISBN: 0671493205

Price: USD 5.99
138 used & new available from USD 0.10

An elephant, a moose, a bear, and a turkey are all trying on outfits, but the turkey is having a hard time figuring out just how to put things on properly.

This is my favorite board book! A funny book with cute illustrations, and the ending is great!

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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches (1867) (Oxford Mark Twain) (Hardcover)
by Mark Twain
ISBN: 0195101316

Price: —
10 used & new available from USD 7.49

This book is collection of several short stories by Mark Twain. The highlights include the title story, about a man who bets on a frog jumping race; and The Bad Little Boy, a cynical tale of a boy who is very bad, and yet has the best of luck.

If you like your humor a bit on the cynical side (I do), this one is for you. Otherwise, you’ll probably dislike these five stories. The link to Amazon is a different book, with several more stories in it. I don’t know what they are, but it was the only one I could find.

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Buy The Stolen White Elephant from Amazon

Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Mark Twain

When the King of Siam decides to send the Queen of England a white elephant, a man in the Indian civil service is chosen to convey this present. However, not long after arriving in New York harbor, the white elephant is stolen! The man (who appears to have no name, by the way, this being written in first person) immediately goes to the police and enlists their help. Inspector Blunt takes charge and the hunt for the elephant begins.

This short story is written in typical, humorous Mark Twain style. The Inspector is very thorough and takes down all the details of the elephant's description so that his detectives will be sure to recognize the elephant upon sighting it. I went ahead and marked this as "All Ages," but I think older readers may enjoy it more.

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The Stolen White Elephant (Paperback)
by Mark Twain
ISBN: 1589639081

Price: USD 24.95
23 used & new available from USD 24.95

When the King of Siam decides to send the Queen of England a white elephant, a man in the Indian civil service is chosen to convey this present. However, not long after arriving in New York harbor, the white elephant is stolen! The man (who appears to have no name, by the way, this being written in first person) immediately goes to the police and enlists their help. Inspector Blunt takes charge and the hunt for the elephant begins.

This short story is written in typical, humorous Mark Twain style. The Inspector is very thorough and takes down all the details of the elephant’s description so that his detectives will be sure to recognize the elephant upon sighting it! I went ahead and marked this as “All Ages,” but I think older readers may enjoy it more.

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Buy The Marsh Lions from Amazon

Rating: 5 out of 5

Author: Brian Jackman and Jonathan Scott

A story of the Maasai Mara Reserve in Africa. The death of the pride's biggest male sets in motion a long series of events that effect every part of the Reserve. Pride hierachy changes, new males chase off the old, lionesses die, and cubs are born. Prides split or grow. The amount of available prey fluxuates. Everything from the hyenas and wild dogs, to the leopards and lions, live their lives in this world of change. Nefertari, the cheetah's struggle to successfully raise a litter of cubs, the wild dogs of Aitong's desperate fight against extinction, and the wildebeast migrations all play a part.

I feel that this book is a great example of how God made all nature to work together. It is out of print, unfortunately. It does not humanize the animals (thankfully) and when the writers don't know a detail for sure, they tell you. It is a very true-to-life account, down to every detail, and you can learn a lot about African wildlife from it. I really enjoyed The Marsh Lions.

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The Marsh Lions: The Story of an African Pride (Hardcover)
by Brian Jackman, Jonathan Scott
ISBN: 0879234733

Price: —
18 used & new available from USD 1.98

A story of the Maasai Mara Reserve in Africa. The death of the pride’s biggest male sets in motion a long series of events that effect every part of the Reserve. Pride hierarchy changes, new males chase off the old, lionesses die, and cubs are born. Prides split or grow. The amount of available prey fluxuates. Everything from the hyenas and wild dogs, to the leopards and lions, live their lives in this world of change. Nefertari, the cheetah’s struggle to successfully raise a litter of cubs, the wild dogs of Aitong’s desperate fight against extinction, and the wildebeast migrations all play a part.

I feel that this book is a great example of how God made all nature to work together. It is out of print, unfortunately. It does not humanize the animals (thankfully) and when the writers don’t know a detail for sure, they tell you. It is a very true-to-life account, down to every detail, and you can learn a lot about African wildlife from it. I really enjoyed The Marsh Lions.

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Buy Horton Hears a Who! from Amazon

Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Dr. Seuss

Horton the elephant hears a small call for help from a speck of dust, and concludes that tiny people live there! However, a sour kangaroo doesn't hear as well as Horton, and ridicules him. And then she decides to make him boil the speck in beezle-nut oil. Horton and the Whos must prove that the Whos do exist, before it's too late.

Go Horton! He's the all around nice guy sort and is willing to help anybody in trouble. Oh, and I might add that I still read Horton.

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Horton Hears A Who! (Hardcover)
by Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 0394800788

Price: USD 10.17
88 used & new available from USD 2.98

Horton the elephant hears a small call for help from a speck of dust, and concludes that tiny people live there! However, a sour kangaroo doesn’t hear as well as Horton, and ridicules him. And then she decides to make him boil the speck in beezle-nut oil. Horton and the Whos must prove that the Whos do exist, before it’s too late.

Go Horton! He’s the all around nice guy sort and is willing to help anybody in trouble. Oh, and I might add that I still read Horton.

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Buy Horton Hatches the Egg from Amazon

Rating: 4 out of 5

Author: Dr. Seuss

A lazy bird named Mazy is tired of sitting on her nest and trying to keep her egg warm, so when Horton the elephant comes along, she begs him to take care of her nest and egg. Horton finally agrees and Mazy flies off for a vacation at the beach. But Horton's friends laugh at him, and hunters come and capture him and the tree with the nest with the egg. (And the green grass grows all around, all around, the green grass grows all around...) But Horton stays faithful, one hundred percent.

This is a great book. It's humerous and rhyming. Please read this book!

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Horton Hatches the Egg (Classic Seuss) (Hardcover)
by Dr. Seuss
ISBN: 039480077X

Price: USD 10.17
170 used & new available from USD 0.58

A lazy bird named Mazy is tired of sitting on her nest and trying to keep her egg warm, so when Horton the elephant comes along, she begs him to take care of her nest and egg. Horton finally agrees and Mazy flies off for a vacation at the beach. But Horton’s friends laugh at him, and hunters come and capture him and the tree with the nest with the egg. (And the green grass grows all around, all around, the green grass grows all around…) But Horton stays faithful, one hundred percent.

This is a great book. It’s humorous and rhyming. Please read this book!

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