Elephants: Life in the Wild

Introduces both Asian and African Elephants and details the differences. Illustrations are soft-colored paintings that look like the mattes in the back of animal exhibits at zoos or museums. One interesting painting shows an elephant on its hind legs reaching higher than a giraffe. Includes some new vocabulary in the context of the story. For example, "Elephants are plant eaters, or herbivores. They eat grass, leaves, and tree bark." Karen Woodworth-Roman, Children's Science Book Review