Elephant Fiction

One day, a herd of elephants went for a walk and decided to take a swim. Suddenly, dark clouds appeared, the river began to rise, and the baby elephants were caught in the fast-moving stream! The baby elephants had to be rescued. The old elephants stormed into the river and rescued the baby elephants.

Based on real events perpetrated by real people, Who Murdered Mary? is a gripping tale of shortsighted decisions, heartless animal cruelty, and needless murder of an innocent circus elephant that was aided and abetted by mob rule and officials of a prosperous railroad. The tale unfolded during three tumultuous days in September 1916 in the peaceful but ill-fated towns of Kingsport, Johnson City, and Erwin, Tennessee.

Tom Edison and George Westinghouse battled for years over which type of electricity would be the worldwide standard. The Current War incited Tom to electrocute a six-ton elephant named Topsy. It's 1904. Edison is on trial for Topsy's premeditated murder a year earlier. In an unusual legal maneuver, Westinghouse assumed the state's prerogative by retaining the prosecutor, Bourke Cockran, a wealthy Manhattan attorney, federal Congressman, and a mainstay in the Democratic Party.

Solicitor, journalist, poet, and war veteran, Andrew Barton Paterson is today best known for his colorful and jingoistic verse, in particular The Man from Snowy River. Paterson's prose works include An Outback Marriage (1906), and Three Elephant Power and Other Stories (1917), the latter being a collection of tall tales and serious (but often humorous) reporting.

The Farmerville mystery series draws closer to its conclusion with unimaginable twists and devastating secrets that escalate, casting doubt on reality. The lingering memory of the cave kids and another serial killer ignites new questions. The deconstruction of Ron will reveal a shocking unraveling of truth verses fiction catapulting the Farmer family towards more tragedy.

Scout is the boy with the elephant living in his backyard. In this third audiobook, he is going with his family and Ellie to perform in their circus at a ski resort. Normally, Scout is a regular, silly clown. But this time, Ellie has them doing a crazy, dangerous act together.

Scout and Ellie is a fun audiobook series for kids seven to nine years old who are into laughing and elephants. But this elephant is like no other. She has her own cottage, car, and wild temper. In this book, Scout is expected to help her become Santa Claus. How does he do that when Santa doesn't even exist? Sheesh, the things that kid gets into with that wild animal.

Scout has a circus for a family, and an elephant living in his backyard. Ellie has her own cottage, convertible car, and a way of stampeding chaotic fun into every thing she does. Ellie is such a crazy creature, she even laughs her way through Haunted Halloween Houses. Sheesh, as if she isn't already a menace to be around, now she wants to turn the family house into a place of horror. Scout has to hide his fear of undead creatures, and howling monsters by helping with the family Haunted House.

Ein Bär geht verkleidet als Förster zum Maskenball, die Katze Isabo raucht wie ein Mynheer und denkt nicht mehr ans Mäusefangen, der Käfer, der sich auf der Wiese sonnt, wird zum Philosophen, und Frau Tausendfuß, die große Wäsche macht, ist mit eher praktischen Problemen konfrontiert, muss sie doch tausend Socken auf die Leine klammern. Warum soll ich mein Horn nicht als Musikinstrument nutzen, fragt sich ein Nashorn, übt fleißig und bekehrt sogar die feindliche Löwenhorde zu Freunden der schönen Künste.

An elephant with her own cottage, living in your backyard, should be the best thing ever for a kid, right? Maybe for every other kid on the planet but not for Scout. Well, she's fun, but then there is the wild and the crazy to deal with. Ellie is helping Scout plan his birthday party. Will there be birthday success? Or birthday chaos? Find out in this first book about Scout and Ellie, the boy with the elephant living in his backyard. Oh, and did I mention that his family is a circus? How does a kid stay sane in this family anyway, right?

Scout and Ellie: The Beauty Pageant is written for an audience of seven- to nine-year-olds who like to laugh. It is the silly antics of an elephant who acts like a human with the attitude of a spoiled, fun-filled child. She lives in her own house in Scout's back yard. In this episode, Scout is coaxed into helping her try to win a beauty pageant. The scenes can get crazy and may cause children to laugh out loud!

Durch diese Ausgabe des Kinderkartonhauses flitzen viele tierische Seltsamkeiten: Wild gewordene Möhrenschweine, komisch gefärbte Elefanten - und es gibt einen neuen Fall für Kommissar Hüpf! Ada und das Möhrenschwein: Ada kann es kaum erwarten, genau wie ihr Opa ein großer Hexenmeister zu werden. Als sie eines Tages alleine im Turm ist, packt sie die Gelegenheit beim Schopf und zaubert ein Schwein herbei.

Was tut man, wenn spätabends ein Elefant ans Fenster klopft? Wenn dieser Elefant aus dem Zoo ausgebrochen ist, um seine Großfamilie in Afrika zu besuchen? Und wenn er gar nicht weiß, wo Afrika überhaupt liegt? Man packt Äpfel, Kekse und einen Globus in den Rucksack und begleitet ihn. Genau das tun Joscha und Marie. So weit wird Afrika nicht sein, denken sie und erleben eine Reise, die alles übertrifft, was sie sich vorgestellt haben.

Small One, the youngest elephant in her herd, is in a hurry to grow up. One day, at the watering hole, she decides to show the herd how big she really is. She gets trapped, and has to be rescued by her family. She learns that having her family watch over her isn’t so bad after all!

Il pleut nuit et jour, c'est le Déluge ! Et si on jouait à l'Arche de Noé ? Les fillettes, profitant de l'absence de leurs parents, font entrer dans la cuisine tous les animaux de la ferme. Enfin presque ! Comme l'eau continue à monter, Delphine prend le commandement, Marinette la barre, et elles larguent les amarres. Mais, pour qu'une arche soit complète, il faut un éléphant ! Titre recommandé par le ministère de l'Éducation nationale pour le cycle 3 (en classe de CM1-CM2) et en classe de 6e.

The Last Elephant in New York City is the story of Maxwell, a Ghanaian wildlife ranger, Jessie, an American researcher, and the elephant that united them. On a decades-long mission of compassion, this is a journey of heartbreak, hope, and redemption, laid out in snapshots, like memory itself. Illustrating the worst and best of humanity, it's a glimpse of parallel worlds - the ongoing sorrows of African elephant poaching and the struggles of life for elephants in zoos. Listen to it with someone you love.

This is a collection of offbeat and cheerful poems written by Othen Donald Dale Cummings and narrated by William Turbett. This book is a treasure trove of lyrical and whimsical poetry including: Oh Merry Mockingbird, Three Tigers And A Hot Air Balloon and of course the humorous, An Elephant Is On My House. Kids will love the fifteen adorable poems included in this collection!

Eight fanciful tales from Rudyard Kipling's book of animal origin tales, which began as bedtime stories told to his daughter Essie. They are called Just So Stories because Essie would not let Kipling deviate from the tale by even one word: They had to be told "just so".

Here's a humorous collection of stories by Rudyard Kipling, the man behind the much-loved Just So Stories. "The Elephant's Child" tells the charming story of a baby elephant whose curiosity gets the best of him, while "The Cat Who Walked by Himself" tells the fanciful story of a cat who lived during a time when men lived in caves and all animals were wild.

Erin Wrenn and her friend David are in big trouble because they refuse to go on a field trip to the Glitter Tent Circus. They wrote a report on the sad lives of circus animals, and discovered that the Glitter Tent Circus is one of the worst animal abusers of all. Mrs. Dawson is determined to give her students the happy circus experience she remembers from her childhood; she won't let Erin and David share their report or pass around a petition asking for a different field trip.