Elephant Quest

by Betsy Lewin, Ted Lewin, Betsy Lewin (Illustrator), Ted Lewin (Illustrator)

Overview

The Lewins are on a quest through Botswana to see the majestic African elephants in this picture book travelogue.

In the Okavango Delta region of Botswana, the Lewins are on a quest to see the majestic African elephants, and along the way they encounter a full range of African wildlife: hippos, lions, leopards, wildebeest, giraffes, wild dogs, baboons, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781620142141
Publisher:	Lee & Low Books
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Series:	Adventures Around the World
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	37 MB
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Age Range:	6 - 11 Years

About the Author

Ted Lewin and his wife, Betsy, have been traveling the world together for decades and have chronicled many of their wide-ranging adventures in books for young readers. In addition to Puffling Patrol, their most recent collaborations were Balarama: A Royal Elephant and Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia, both published by Lee & Low Books.

Ted was awarded a Caldecott Medal Honor in 1994 for Peppe the Lamplighter. Betsy was the recipient of a Caldecott Medal Honor in 2001 for Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. When not teaching, visiting with young fans, or traveling, the Lewins are usually drawing and painting in their Brooklyn, New York, home studios. You can visit Ted Lewin online at tedlewin.com and you can visit Betsy Lewin online at betsylewin.com

Betsy Lewin and her husband, Ted, have been traveling the world together for decades and have chronicled many of their wide-ranging adventures in books for young readers. In addition to Puffling Patrol, their most recent collaborations were Balarama: A Royal Elephant and Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia, both published by Lee & Low Books. Ted and Betsy have both won countless awards and honors for their books. Betsy was the recipient of a Caldecott Medal Honor in 2001 for Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. When not teaching, visiting with young fans, or traveling, the Lewins are usually drawing and painting in their Brooklyn, New York, home studios. You can visit Betsy Lewin online at betsylewin.com

Ted Lewin and his wife, Betsy, have been traveling the world together for decades and have chronicled many of their wide-ranging adventures in books for young readers. In addition to Puffling Patrol, their most recent collaborations were Balarama: A Royal Elephant and Horse Song: The Naadam of Mongolia, both published by Lee & Low Books. Ted and Betsy have both won countless awards and honors for their books. Ted was awarded a Caldecott Medal Honor in 1994 for Peppe the Lamplighter. When not teaching, visiting with young fans, or traveling, the Lewins are usually drawing and painting in their Brooklyn, New York, home studios. You can visit Ted Lewin online at tedlewin.com

Editorial Reviews

* "[T]he Lewins share their four-day search to observe African elephants firsthand. The enthusiastic, conversational text, vivid with descriptive detail, relates each morning and late-afternoon venture within the Moremi Reserve in Botswana. Elephants elude them the first three days and the beginning of the fourth, but they encounter hippos, lions, kudus, wild dogs, warthogs, Cape buffalo, and giraffes aplenty. Then on day four–success. . . . In a pool deep in the mopane scrub, the giants of this garden squeal and splash and flap their ears. . . . The small field sketches, providing visual details of their adventure, are a perfect complement to the lush, realistic watercolor spreads of the wildlife in their habitat. . . . A winner that transports the reader to an unfamiliar locale full of wonder." — Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Botswana's Moremi Reserve, with its grasslands muddy and lush from flooding rains, is the setting for the Lewins' latest wildlife quest. . . . Though the authors and their guide are shown briefly, the emphasis is strictly on the splendid animals encountered each day. The richness of landscape is only broadly suggested in the bright, hazy scenes. Bits of drama unfold as the authors describe the tensions between predators and their prey. . . . An introductory map, two informative concluding pages of elephant facts, and an index round out this beautifully rendered introduction to the region's wildlife and ecology that is also a tantalizing adventure story." — School Library Journal

Riverby Award for Young Readers - John Burroughs Association

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