Description |
70 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 24 x 29 cm. |
Series |
Scientists in the field.
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Awards |
Boston Globe/Horn Book Nonfiction Honor Book, 2012 |
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Junior Library Guild Selection |
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Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2012 |
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Robert F. Sibert Honor, 2012 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Unearthing elephant secrets -- Slippery beginnings -- Call of the wild -- Living large -- Sensitive souls -- Science on the Savannah -- The herds at Etosha -- Fancy footwork -- School days -- Settling into camp -- Ears to the ground -- Donna the scholar -- Caller IDs -- The trail ahead : bull societies -- Season's end -- Elephants in peril. |
Summary |
Journey to the Namibian desert with Caitlin O'Connell, an American scientist, and witness one of nature's largest , most complex, and most intelligent mammals living today on this earth. |
Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.4 2.0 144396. |
Subject |
African elephant -- Namibia -- Juvenile literature.
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African elephant -- Behavior -- Research -- Juvenile literature.
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O'Connell, Caitlin, 1965- -- Juvenile literature.
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Added Author |
Jackson, Donna M., 1959-
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Rodwell, T. C., illustrator.
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ISBN |
9780547053448: $17.99 |
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0547053444 |
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