all about african elephants

ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5 w w w.heinemann.com Nonfiction  Level K  Book 85 All About Series by Michael Christopher African Elephants All About LLI_Elephants_0496_COV_rev.indd 2-3 1/11/08 4:07:09 PM ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5 w w w.heinemann.com Nonfiction  Level K  Book 85 All About Series by Michael Christopher African Elephants All About LLI_Elephants_0496_COV_rev.indd 2-3 1/11/08 4:07:09 PM Glossary A frica o ne of Earth’s continents p rotect to keep safe t ough strong or hard t usks l ong, pointed teeth w rinkled covered with lines or folds All About African Elephants Author: Michael Christopher Heinemann 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com Offices and agents throughout the world Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Books Copyright © 2009 by Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and Heinemann All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be mailed to the Permissions Department at Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5 Editorial Development, Design, and Production by Brown Publishing Network Credits Photographs: cover © Mschalke/Dreamstime.com; back cover, pp. 2–3, 8, 9 © Nightowlza/ Dreamstime.com; pp. 1, 4–5 © Satara910/Dreamstime.com; p. 6 (inset) © Can Stock Photo Inc., 2007; pp. 6–7 © Zigmund LesZczynski/Animals Animals; p. 10 © Patti Murray/Animals Animals; p. 11 © Werner Layer/Animals Animals; pp. 12, 14–15 © Roger De La Harpe/Animals Animals; p. 13 © Mmphotography/Dreamstime.com; p. 16 © Peter Lillie/OSF/Animals Animals. Printed in China 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RRD 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 LLI_Elephants_0496_COV_rev.indd 4-5 1/11/08 4:07:10 PM Glossary A frica one of Earth’s continents p rotect to keep safe t ough strong or hard t usks long, pointed teeth w rinkled covered with lines or folds All About African Elephants Author: Michael Christopher Heinemann 361 Hanover Street Portsmouth, NH 03801–3912 www.heinemann.com Offices and agents throughout the world Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Literacy Intervention Books Copyright © 2009 by Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell, and Heinemann All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. Requests for permission should be mailed to the Permissions Department at Heinemann, 361 Hanover Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801. ISBN-13: 978-0-325-01692-4 ISBN-10: 0-325-01692-5 Editorial Development, Design, and Production by Brown Publishing Network Credits Photographs: cover © Mschalke/Dreamstime.com; back cover, pp. 2–3, 8, 9 © Nightowlza/ Dreamstime.com; pp. 1, 4–5 © Satara910/Dreamstime.com; p. 6 (inset) © Can Stock Photo Inc., 2007; pp. 6–7 © Zigmund LesZczynski/Animals Animals; p. 10 © Patti Murray/Animals Animals; p. 11 © Werner Layer/Animals Animals; pp. 12, 14–15 © Roger De La Harpe/Animals Animals; p. 13 © Mmphotography/Dreamstime.com; p. 16 © Peter Lillie/OSF/Animals Animals. Printed in China 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RRD 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 LLI_Elephants_0496_COV_rev.indd 4-5 1/11/08 4:07:10 PM by Michael Christopher African Elephants All About LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 1 1/11/08 4:07:33 PM 2 3 Introduction This animal has a trunk and tusks. It has wrinkled skin and big ears. It has big feet with pads on the bottom. It lives in Africa. It is an African elephant! tusks trunk big ears big feet wrinkled skin LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 2-3 1/11/08 4:07:40 PM Africa = where African elephants live 4 5 Elephants are the biggest animals living on land. They can weigh as much as a truck! The biggest elephants live in Africa. LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 4-5 1/11/08 4:07:46 PM 6 7 An Elephant’s Body An elephant has a long trunk. The trunk is an elephant’s nose and lip. But an elephant also uses its trunk like a hand. An elephant can pick up a tiny leaf or a big branch with its trunk. Sometimes an elephant uses its trunk to take a shower! LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 6-7 1/11/08 4:07:52 PM 8 9 All African elephants have tusks. Tusks are long teeth that don’t stop growing. These elephants use their tusks to dig holes. They also use them to carry things. An elephant will even rest its trunk on its tusks. African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off. LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 8-9 1/11/08 4:08:02 PM 8 9 All African elephants have tusks. Tusks are long teeth that don’t stop growing. These elephants use their tusks to dig holes. They also use them to carry things. An elephant will even rest its trunk on its tusks. African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off. LLI_Elephants_0496.indd 8-9 1/11/08 4:08:02 PM [...]... trees Elephants reach high with their trunks to get the best leaves 12 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 12-13 13 1/11/08 4:08:19 PM Elephants cannot talk, but they do make sounds Elephants roar, rumble, growl, and make a sound like a horn They also make some very low sounds that people can’t hear An Elephant’s Life Elephants eat about 300 pounds of food a day They eat grass, plants, fruit, and parts of trees Elephants. .. by covering it with mud or dirt Elephants have big feet with pads on the bottom The pads let the elephant walk quietly 10 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 10-11 11 1/11/08 4:08:11 PM Elephants cannot talk, but they do make sounds Elephants roar, rumble, growl, and make a sound like a horn They also make some very low sounds that people can’t hear An Elephant’s Life Elephants eat about 300 pounds of food a day... the best leaves 12 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 12-13 13 1/11/08 4:08:19 PM Female elephants and babies live in Elephants are very good mothers family groups An older female elephant leads They take good care of their own babies the family They also watch out for the other babies in their group 14 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 14-15 15 1/11/08 4:08:26 PM More Elephant Facts ✸ Elephants can call to each other from... is wrinkled It looks very tough, but it is not Elephants can get bug bites and sunburns An elephant protects its skin by covering it with mud or dirt Elephants have big feet with pads on the bottom The pads let the elephant walk quietly 10 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 10-11 11 1/11/08 4:08:11 PM An elephant’s skin is wrinkled It looks very tough, but it is not Elephants can get bug bites and sunburns An elephant... in their group 14 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 14-15 15 1/11/08 4:08:26 PM More Elephant Facts ✸ Elephants can call to each other from miles away ✸ Elephant babies suck their trunks ✸ Elephants can live for 70 years or more 16 LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 16 1/11/08 4:08:29 PM . 0-325-01692-5 w w w.heinemann.com Nonfiction  Level K  Book 85 All About Series by Michael Christopher African Elephants All About LLI _Elephants_ 0496_COV_rev.indd 2-3 1/11/08 4:07:09 PM ISBN-13:. 0-325-01692-5 w w w.heinemann.com Nonfiction  Level K  Book 85 All About Series by Michael Christopher African Elephants All About LLI _Elephants_ 0496_COV_rev.indd 2-3 1/11/08 4:07:09 PM Glossary A. trunk on its tusks. African elephants have big ears. On hot days, elephants flap their ears to cool off. LLI _Elephants_ 0496.indd 8-9 1/11/08 4:08:02 PM 8 9 All African elephants have tusks.