The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia

by Margriet Ruurs

Book Overview

When teenaged Aaron discovers a baby elephant nearly drowning in the swimming pool at the guest lodge where he works, he acts quickly and manages to save the animal just in time. The rescued baby is brought to an elephant orphanage for care, and given the name Zambezi. Though Aaron has been raised to think of elephants as dangerous to humans and their crops, on a visit to the orphanage, he learns that illegal poaching of these animals is threatening...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771385618
• ISBN13: 9781771385619
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7