Aug 12, 2021 is World Elephant Day! This year is the tenth anniversary of the initiative designed to bring attention to the urgent plight of Asian and African elephants. This has also been a prolific publishing year for quality books starring elephants. Read on!
NONFICTION
The Elephant Doctor of India by Janie Chodosh (ebook on Hoopla)
Elephants! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle
PICTURE BOOKS
The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship by Kim Tomsic (ebook on Hoopla)
If You Were an Elephant by Leslie Staub
Tabitha and Fritz Trade Places by Katie Frawley
NOVELS
The Elephant in the Room by Holly Goldberg Sloan (ebook & audiobook on Overdrive)
The Girl Who Stole an Elephant by Nizrana Farook (ebook on Overdrive & Hoopla)
DVD BONUS
Elephants: Fun Facts and How to Ensure Their Survival