The Blind Men and the Elephant (Hellor Reader!, Level 3)

by Karen Backstein

Book Overview

Dive into this retelling of the classic fable about six blind men who are only allowed to feel one part of an elephant before having to guess the animal!

Six blind men have learned about the world through sound and touch. When the prince gets an elephant, the men decide to go to the palace and touch it. How is it they come up with such different impressions of what an elephant is like? Young readers will laugh at the answer! One man...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0590458132
• ISBN13: 9780590458139
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

book

loved this book when i was his age. he seemed to enjoy book as much as i did. recieved really quickly.

multicultural story

I picked this story from a Persian poem book by Rumi for a multicultural event at my son's school.Then I was looking for a kids version to donate to the school. One parent from India Showed me this book.It seems like India and China and Iran have the same story in their culture. all the parents involved in that event think that this is a great story which gives the kids something to think about.

Fable most important in business today

Everybody has an opinion and in today's world they get shared more often and remain viable for longer thanks to the internet and other media. This fable is an important reminder to take perspective and experience into account and then to make decisions based on those that have the best perspective and I daresay the best opinion.

This is a great book for teaching the sense of touch.

The Blind Men and The Elephant is a wonderfully written book. It tells the tail of six blind men who travel to their prince's palace in order to meet his new elephant. The students may ask, how can blind men meet an elephant? In this well written story, each blind man touches only part of the elephant. They go on to describe what the elephant feels like. For example: one blind men says "the elephant feels like a wall", another blind man describes the elephant as "the elephant feels like a snake". This is a great book for teaching the sense of touch to students grades K-3.