Elephant Quest

by Ted Lewin

Book Overview

Ted and Betsy Lewin arrive in the Okavango Delta of Botswana in February -- the rainy season. Because there is always water in the delta, it is rich in animal life: hippos, Cape buffalo, lions, leopards, wildebeest, lechwe, giraffes, and some seventy thousand elephants! It is the elephants that Ted and Betsy have especially come to see. As they make their way through the flooded grasslands,they encounter impalas, baboons, wild dogs, and a huge crocodile--but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688141110
• ISBN13: 9780688141110
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Length: 47 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.6" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Armchair traveller's favorite

Can't take the kids to Africa? You won't believe that illustrations in this book are painted-they look like photographs and bring the subject to life. The text is a bit rich for little ones, but mine came back to it again and again. I think this ranks with "Market Day" as two of Lewin's best.