Customer Reviews

Elephant Dance

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I used this book to introduce my 3rd grade art class to India and Indian culture. It could be used for younger children, but it does a good job of giving the basic flavor of India to the reader. It's very quick and simple, and the illustrations are playful and fun.

A wonderful, compassionate, interesting book about India for children. It is perfect for the classroom. It helps children who are not from India explore another country. Wonderfully simple artwork, colorful. It tells a nice story and the apendix in the back teaches about the culture, religion of India. It is a good book for classes where there are Indian children, and where there are not Indian children, so they can learn about a different culture. But also, it is a nicely written book on its own, without any regard for culture. Excellent for children!!! and for the classroom!!!

I teach 6th grade ELA and World Geography. I initially intended to use this book because of the author's rich use of similes but after reading it I fell in love with it's tidbits of information about India. I teach a big unit on India in my geography class and this book helped introduce my students to many of the words and vocabulary that they learn during the unit. The pictures are also beautiful.