The Elephant’s Child
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| Author(s): | Rudyard Kipling |
| Illustrator(s): | Feodor Rojankovsky |
| Publisher(s): | Garden City Publishing Co. |
| Year Published: | 1942 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Animal Fantasy Fables |
| Age Range: | Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books |
| Pages: | 26 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 472962781 |
| Award(s): | |
Description
How an encounter with a crocodile gave the elephant’s child his enormous trunk.
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