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The great animals of the African plains, one at a time: lions, giraffes, zebras, hippos, rhinos, cheetahs — and elephants twice, once as a baby working out what her trunk is for in Baby Elephant, and once as Emma, who never forgets a kindness. Each story is a true portrait of the animal — how it lives, what it eats, what its body is built for — carried by a small adventure gentle enough for the end of the day.
Written for three- to six-year-olds and read aloud in about five minutes. Big Ears, Little Ears is the one to start with if your child is the kind who asks why: it explains something real about an elephant's ears without a single scary moment.