Just for Elephants

by Carol Buckley

Book Overview

Most elephants in America live in circuses and zoos, and their lives are very different from what they would be in the wild. But there's a very special place in Tennessee called the Elephant... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884482839
• ISBN13: 9780884482833
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 9.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

zookeeper

I absolutely love this book. I may be somewhat predjudiced as I cared for Shirley during the 90's and she is truly a precious elephant who deserves all the happiness her new surroundings have given her. I think its a great read for old and young alike and expresses in a personal way the deep love animals have for each other.

Love this book---brings back great memories

I bought this book for myself and for a couple of other people. It is a great picture book for children and also tells a very heartwarming story. Shirley was the elephant at the local zoo that I visited as a child and was my favorite animal. I was so sad to see her go, but was amazed at the story that unfolded after she relocated to the sanctuary. My son loves for me to read this story to him and visits Shirley's plaque at the zoo every time we go to "see the elephant from the book". Great picture book for the kids!!

Beautiful book and story---

Very touching story about 2 elephants, Shirley and Jenny who found each other after many years apart , now at the Elephant Sanctuary in TN. Awesome pictures.

Just for Elephants

Love this book. Bought it because I love elephants and because Shirley, the main elephant of focus in this book, is my adoptee from the Elephant Sanctuary. It's more than a book for children, it's for anyone who loves elephants and wants to see them treated with respect and compassion. Thanks to Carol Buckley for all her glorious efforts on behalf of elephants. Now, if we could just stop using animals in circuses, life would be great!

Nice for what it is

This is feel-good book about the elephant sanctuary in Hohenwald, TN. The pictures are great, the stories are great for elephant-lovers, but I gave it only four stars because the book is pretty short. I bought it for my wife, and she read it in about an hour. Overall, I feel good about the money going to such a good cause.