Elephants are the largest living land animals and this informative introduction to them details the habitats, physical characteristics, diet, offspring development, and behavior of these dwellers of Africa's savannas and forests. Also includes the dangers that elephants face from natural predators and also from poachers and encroaching human settlements.

Award-winning narrator George Guidall's adept reading enlivens a text packed with information in this exploration of the life of the gray wolf (or timber wolf). Using her effective format of large color drawings and useful facts, Gail Gibbons once again provides an excellent resource for primary-grade students.