Tons of Fun for Young Readers
Posted March 16, 1999FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
York, Pennsylvania--What drinks 24 gallons of water a day, walks on its tiptoes, has 150,000 muscles in its nosse, and weighs as much as a school bus? No, it is not your brother-in-law, but rather the world's largest land mammal, the elephant. In a new children's book by York College Education professor Anthony D. Fredericks, Elephants for Kids (NorthWord Press), youngsters learn lots of fascinating information about pachyderms. According to Fredericks, "I wanted to write a book packed with lots of OHHHH's and AHHHH's, a book brimming with incredible information and spell-binding photography that would stimulate and excite young readers. For example, did you know that the ears of an African elephant are shaped just like the continent of Africa and that ears of an Asian elephant resemble the outline of India?"
Fredericks is the author of six previous children's book, including Clever Camouflagers and Exploring Oceans. Elephants for Kids is narrated by a ten-year-old Kenyan boy who provides readers with amazing facts and personal insights into these always delightful animals (Did you know that elephants eat over 300 pounds of food a day and that when they meet each other they use their trunks like a handshake?).
Elephant for Kids can be purchased ($6.95) at Borders Books and Music.
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