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    The Elephant's Child
    The Elephant's Child
    The Elephant's Child
    Audiobook16 minutes

    The Elephant's Child

    Written by Rudyard Kipling

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Kipling’s classic tale taken from the Just So Stories. The young elephant has an unfortunate encounter with a crocodile, which results in his nose being stretched, which is how he got his trunk.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateFeb 25, 2011
    ISBN9781467667838
    The Elephant's Child
    Author

    Rudyard Kipling

    Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote both The Jungle Book and its sequel, as well as Captains Courageous. He continued to write prolifically and was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 but his later years were darkened by the death of his son John at the Battle of Loos in 1915. He died in 1936.

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    • 3/5
      A really fun book I read with my youngest son.
    • 2/5
      A short and cute book. It was well illustrated. A little short on the scientific basis but it is a children's book. Thus, we lie to them.
    • 4/5
      This was a cute book. The version I have is shorter and redesigned for children. This book was about a very curious elephant that wanted to know why why why. One day he asked what the Crocodile ate for breakfast and embarked on his own journey to find out. His aunts, uncles, and parents all spanked him for not being obedient but he continued to ask questions and wonder. This book could be used when teaching on discipline and consequences. Also, you could introduce this book when teaching about outcomes and how sometimes they are good and sometimes they aren't so good. This book would be for appropriate for lower elementary students. The words aren't very difficult and the pictures are fun to look at.