• Age: 4 to 8
• Grade: p to 3

The Welcome to the World series has opened its borders and is exploring animals from around the world. With lively and informative text and color photographs, these books promise to deliver you to exotic lands-and you won't even have to leave your house! Elephants cry when they're sad and laugh when they're happy. They have greeting ceremonies for family and friends, and very long memories. An elephant's trunk has over 100,000 muscle units, and is so heavy it's not uncommon to see an elephant resting its trunk on a tusk. These are just some of the facts you'll learn about African and Asian elephants in WELCOME TO THE WHOLE WORLD OF ELEPHANTS. Complete with full-color photographs, this book will teach you all you want to know about elephants.

Diane Swanson has been researching and writing nature books for children for over 25 years. Her work has been recognized with many awards, including the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children. Her titles have been regularly selected for the “our choice” list by the Canadian Children’s Book Centre. A frequent guest speaker at conferences on nature for kids, she lives in Victoria, B.C.

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