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Great Migrations Elephants (National Geographic Kids Readers, Level 3)

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Paperback
$5.99 US
6"W x 8.99"H x 0.12"D   | 4 oz | 48 per carton
On sale Oct 12, 2010 | 48 Pages | 9781426307430
Age 8-12 years | Grades 3-7
Reading Level: Lexile 770L | Fountas & Pinnell L

This exciting reader follows the story of the longest and the most demanding elephant migration on the planet. Living at the furthest corners of the hot and dry Sahara Desert, the very margins of where elephants can survive, hundreds of these great creatures make a dangerous but necessary journey as their main source of food and water dries up and they must go in search of more. Battling 120-degree heat, sandstorms, and fierce thunderstorms, these amazing animals travel 35 miles a day in a race against time in search of the bare essentials of life.

National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.
Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.
LAURA MARSH has worked in children's publishing for 20 years as an editor, packager, and currently as an author. She has written numerous books in the National Geographic Kids Readers series, including Foxes, Tide Pools, Animal Armor, and Pyramids. View titles by Laura Marsh

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This exciting reader follows the story of the longest and the most demanding elephant migration on the planet. Living at the furthest corners of the hot and dry Sahara Desert, the very margins of where elephants can survive, hundreds of these great creatures make a dangerous but necessary journey as their main source of food and water dries up and they must go in search of more. Battling 120-degree heat, sandstorms, and fierce thunderstorms, these amazing animals travel 35 miles a day in a race against time in search of the bare essentials of life.

National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.
Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Author

LAURA MARSH has worked in children's publishing for 20 years as an editor, packager, and currently as an author. She has written numerous books in the National Geographic Kids Readers series, including Foxes, Tide Pools, Animal Armor, and Pyramids. View titles by Laura Marsh