Elephants Can Paint Too!

by Katya Arnold

Book Overview

I teach in two schools. One is in the city. The other is in the jungle. Some of my students have hands. Others have trunks. Elephants live in Asia. They eat three hundred pounds of food a day. They spray water out of their trunks. Even so, they are a lot like you. They like to eat cookies and hang out with their friends. They even like to paint pictures. In this true story you'll learn about an amazing class of elephants that are taught to become artists by an amazing teacher.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689869851
• ISBN13: 9780689869853
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 11.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

First purchase

I was impressed with how fast I got the book. The only thing I found a little confusing was how to delete a purchase and ended up getting two of the same book as I was trying to mail to two different addresses. The return was easy though.

Pleasantly Surprised!

This book was on the summer reading list for my daughter's upcoming first grade year. After receiving it, we read it together and both thought it is very good. Each page has something a child can read, and a small paragraph for me to read. We enjoyed reading this together and have done so many times. She especially enjoyed looking at the pictures of the paintings the Elephants (!) had painted. We both highly recommend this book.

inspired--and Inspiring!

This book has quickly become my 5 1/2 year-old daughter's favorite. She delights in looking at the paintings made by elephants, and I appreciate the way facts about elephants are "sneaked" into the story so seamlessly. Switching back and forth between human students and animal ones makes for an engaging structure. There is humor as well as beauty. Best of all, the book has made us look at elephants--and by extension animals--in a new way (and has also broadened my daughter's concepts of what grown-ups can do as careers). We both really love this book.

inspiring

inspiring book that illustrates the beauty within all, hope for an endangered species, connection between humans, animals, and our planet. Proceeds of the book benefit this innovation collaboration- I plan to purchase gift copies for birthdays, holidays.. really wonderful book for all ages.