![]() ![]() This is a great choice for children around middle elementary school who have started reading chapter books. Taking the elephant home was definitely out of the question. And how would she get it up the apartment stairs? Where would it sleep? What does an elephant eat? That might work with a kitten or a puppy, but it wasn’t going to work with an elephant. She imagined herself saying, “Mama, guess what I found?” The very next thought that stumbled into Tua’s mind was: What am I going to tell my mother? Elephants, for better or for worse, draw attention to themselves. ![]() One can’t simply toss a blanket over an elephant and call it a job well done. Where does one take an elephant - a fugitive elephant, at that - in the city of Chiang Mai? How does one hide an elephant? Elephants don’t fit into closets, boxes, or drawers. But after she walks away with it, her thoughts catch up with her: Tua doesn’t think hard when she feels the elephant beckoning her to rescue it from the cruel mahouts. The story is not, perhaps, absolutely believable, but it is wondrously detailed with the sounds and sights and tastes of Thailand, and definitely a heart-warming tale of a small child helping a creature who needs it and with a happy ending for everyone. ![]() Tua and the Elephant is a sweet book about a little girl in Thailand who finds a young elephant who is being abused and rescues her from the bad guys. ![]()
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