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El canto de los elefantes

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Cuando los cazadores furtivos matan a su madre, el pequeño Tembo queda solo en la sabana. La poeta cubano-americana Margarita Engle narra en verso libre este rescate real de un elefante bebé y el largo camino de regreso a la manada, con la voz del propio Tembo y la de los humanos que lo cuidan alternando en páginas opuestas.

English Description:

When poachers kill his mother, little Tembo is left alone on the savanna. Cuban-American poet Margarita Engle tells in free verse the true story of a baby elephant's rescue and the long journey back to the herd, with Tembo's own voice and those of the humans who care for him alternating across facing pages.

Publishing Details

Author : Margarita Engle

Author Nationality : Cuba

Type of Spanish : Translated

Physical Details

Type of Book: Chapter Book

Cover: Softcover

Pages: 224

Size: 5 x 8 inches

Year Published: 2023

Instructional Details

Reading Grade Level: 3rd-7th

Genre: Fiction

Sub-Genre: Poetry