Laurence Pringle tells how photodocumentarian Cynthia Moss came to study the elephant families in Kenya's Amboseli National Park and how each family is lead by a wise and experienced old matriarch who guides her group as they forage for food and water. Full color.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-8. Cynthia Moss will fascinate young readers. A scientist without formal training, she entered her field through the back door and is now a pre-eminent researcher of elephant behavior and a compassionate conservationist. Pringle not only writes of Moss's work in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, but also tells the story of a woman who, despite adversity, has reached the heights of her field. Physical and behavioral information about African elephants is seamlessly woven into the narrative. How researchers live and conduct their work?and why it is important?become clear as Pringle describes the subject's observations of elephant family life. Moss's full-color photographs add wonderful detail and atmosphere to the text. Readers will find many more of them in Moss's own books, including Little Big Ears (S & S, 1996). Elephants are extraordinary animals, Cynthia Moss is a great role model, and Pringle has brought them together in an exciting presentation.?Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough Public Library System, FL
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Scientific American
Cynthia Moss has spent 25 years studying elephant families in Kenya. This biography, for ages 10 and up, also tells about her research: the life and society of the world's largest land mammals, from birth to adulthood and what is being done to protect them.
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Elephant Woman,
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This review is from: Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants (Hardcover)
This is an ok book. It is more for learning about elephants then Cynthia but you would enjoy it. I would recemined it to student in 4-7 grade.
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