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020 _a9781771385619
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020 _a1771385618 (hardback)
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_bEle 2017
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092 0 _aJ FIC EASY
100 1 _aRuurs, Margriet,
_eauthor.
_9122
245 1 4 _aThe elephant keeper :
_bcaring for orphaned elephants in Zambia /
264 1 _aToronto :
_bKids Can Press,
_c2017.
300 _a1 volume (unpaged) :
_bcolour illustrations ;
_c27 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
_bsti
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aCitizenKid
500 _aInspired by a true story.
520 _aIn 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story ... is inspired by the true story of Aaron and Zambezi--a teenage Zambian boy and an orphaned baby elephant that was rescued from a swimming pool at a holiday lodge. Aaron had been a casual laborer, just trying to make enough money to support his family, but when gamekeepers noticed his natural ability to care for animals, he was offered a job as an elephant keeper at the Lilayi Elephant Nursery, where he still works to this day. Zambezi was only one month old when he was found nearly drowning in a holiday lodge swimming pool. His mother had been killed by poachers and he'd been separated from his herd. This informational picture book includes three non-fiction spreads, which feature photos as well as information about elephants, poaching and the amazing work that is done at an elephant orphanage. The section includes suggestions for ways readers can help the cause.
586 8 _aA Junior Library Guild selection (JLG)
650 0 _aAfrican elephant
_zZambia
_vJuvenile fiction.
_97307
650 0 _aElephants
_vJuvenile fiction.
_97308
650 0 _aAnimal rescue
_vJuvenile fiction.
_97309
650 0 _aGamekeepers
_zZambia
_vJuvenile fiction.
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650 0 _aPoaching
_vJuvenile fiction.
_97311
651 0 _aZambia
_vJuvenile fiction.
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655 4 _aCanadian fiction.
_96687
700 1 _aCovo, Pedro,
_d1988-
_eillustrator.
_97313
830 0 _aCitizenKid.
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