Great Migrations: Elephants

by Laura Marsh

This National Geographic Kids book tells about the life cycle and migration pattern of Mali elephants. The book is chock full of photographs and facts, and incorporates information boxes and blurbs with extra facts. The book is classified by the publishers as a "Level 3" book, intended "for kids who are reading fluently."

The book contains quite a few specialized words, so I would recommend it for 3rd grade and up. While my 2nd graders would be fascinated by the subject material and would love the wacky facts in the book, most of them would not be able to read the text pages.

This would be a great book to have available for students while doing a social studies unit on Africa, or a science unit on mammals. The information contained in it is both factual and fascinating, and I am on the lookout for a kid to share it with!