Elephant: Fascinating Animal Facts for Kids (This Incredible Planet)

Discover the Majestic World of Elephants!

Travel across the grasslands, forests, and deserts of Africa and Asia to meet the world's largest land animals!
This Incredible Planet series title blends bold full-color photography with fun, easy-to-understand science to help kids ages 8–12  explore the remarkable lives of elephants. Readers will learn how these gentle giants use their trunks, tusks, ears, and intelligence to survive—and how they shape entire ecosystems along the way.

Inside You’ll Learn

• Built for greatness – how elephants use their trunks, tusks, and huge ears for feeding, cooling, digging, and communication

• Expert adaptations – from mud baths as sunscreen to digging for hidden water

• Surprising skills – how elephants communicate across miles, swim long distances, and run faster than expected

• Family life – why herds stick together and how wise matriarchs lead the way

• Growing up elephant – follow a calf’s journey from wobbly newborn to powerful adult

• Ecosystem engineers – how elephants create water holes, clear paths, and spread seeds that help other species survive

• Conservation challenges – the threats elephants face today and inspiring ways people are helping protect them

❤️ Why Kids Love It

• Vibrant, full-color wildlife photography

• Engaging blend of fun facts and real science

• Highlights empathy, intelligence, and family bonding

• Perfect for home learning, classrooms, and young nature enthusiasts

Inspire the next generation of wildlife lovers with the extraordinary story of these gentle giants—and the ecosystems they help keep alive.

Part of the bestselling This Incredible Planet series—where learning meets adventure!