Peek-a-boo I see you
- When five-year-old Helen Stephens witnesses her mothers murder her whole world comes crumbling down. Rejected
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A thrilling & moving novel about an extraordinary animal caught up in a very human war for anyone who loved The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips or The Butterfly Lion... By the award-winning former Children's Laureate & author of War Horse. Dresden 1945. Elizabeth & Karli's mother works at the zoo where her favourite animal is a young elephant named Marlene. Then the zoo director tells her that the dangerous animals
- including the elephants
- must be shot before the town is bombed. Unable to give Marlene up their mother moves her into the back garden to save her...and then the bombs start to fall. Their home destroyed the whole family must flee the bombed-out city & through the perilous snow-covered landscape all the while avoiding the Russian troops who are drawing ever closer. It would be hard enough to do without an elephant in tow...

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The rangers closed in firing steadily. Within minutes all the adult animals were down. Only the calves still raced in bewildered circles stumbling over the bodies of the dead & dying. Six minutes after the first shot a silence fell over the killing ground on Long Vlei.. . In the blinding light of Zimbabwe's Chiwewe National Park Dr Daniel Armstrong world-famous TV naturalist films the slaughter of a herd of elephant. In London anthropologist Kelly Kinnear is forced into violent confrontation with the shareholders of the most powerful conglomerate in the City of London warning them of the destruction of an African country. Now the time has come to act. Together Armstrong & Kinnear forge a passionate alliance
- & begin the fight against the forces of greed evil & corruption attacking a land they would both give their lives to save.. . Combining breathtaking realism & thrilling suspense the world's master storyteller takes us on a journey deep into the heart of a wild magnificent continent threatened forever by the destructive hand of man.
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Its been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite
- born with rickets in Londons poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle
- to the

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It's been a long journey for Maurice Micklewhite
- born with rickets in London's poverty-stricken Elephant & Castle
- to the

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Illustrated stories cover four important feelings (happiness sadness fear & anger) with a gentle & sweet approach. A happy hippo an angry tiger a sad zebra & a scared elephant allow young children to understand & learn to cope with these emotions. ...

Its the first day of the December school holidays & Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks not least spending time with Jemmy her beloved white giraffe & her best friend Ben. But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine & her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed. The nature reserve & everything in it will no longer belong to them. Martine is determined to save the home shes grown to love. When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets. This could be the answer to all their troubles.. . The fourth thrilling African adventure written with all the zest & skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE DOLPHIN SONG & THE LAST LEOPARD. ...

From the creators of hit CBeebies series Pop Shop comes a br&-new range of six energetic picture books all about MAKING MUSIC! Along with Meercat Sheep Giraffe & Polar Bear meet Elephant whose trumpeting is too loud for the family band & Lion who finds an edible solution to keeping in time. Each book

Includes:: a CD with 7 tracks including a narration a sing-along song & lesson plans written by Carrie & David. So what are you waiting for? JUMP UP & JOIN IN!

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From Babar to Dumbo the elephant has long fascinated children as well as their parents. Here eighty stunning photographs encompass ...

This is a new title in the fantastic First Reading" series part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme aimed at children who are beginning to read. Following the life on an elephant children will learn where they live how they survive through monsoon & drought search for food & how a baby elephant is made. It is developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a senior lecturer in education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. This is a great value quality hardback with ribbon marker guaranteed to foster pride in book ownership." ...