Posted by Sarah
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Incredibook!, Picture Books, Review
Tags:Animals, Bears, Easy Read, Elephants, Funny, Moose, Quick Read, Sandra Boynton, turkeys
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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!
Posted by Jordan
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Older Readers, Review
Tags:Animals, Bears, Cats, Dogs, Donkeys, Elephants, Frogs, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Mark Twain, Out of Print
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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.
Posted by Ruth
Categories: All Ages, Fiction, Mysteries, Review
Tags:Animals, Elephants, Funny, Mark Twain, Quick Read
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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.
Posted by Rebekah
Categories: Advanced Readers, Incredibook!, Non Fiction, Review
Tags:Animals, Birds, Brian Jackman, Dogs, Elephants, Jonathan Scott, Lions, Out of Print
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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.
Posted by Jordan
Categories: Fiction, Picture Books, Review, Younger Readers
Tags:Animals, Dr. Seuss, Elephants, Funny, Good Read Aloud, Quick Read
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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.