Elephant Fiction

El joven Arno acaba de ser ordenado sacerdote. Convertido ya en el Padre Arno, viaja a Roma para incorporarse a su nuevo puesto como agente de los servicios secretos vaticanos, los más antiguos y desconocidos del mundo. En las oficinas de la Agencia, entre los aposentos privados de Su Santidad y la Capilla Sixtina, Arno recibe de manos de su jefe, el cínico e inteligentísimo cardenal Rúspoli, el encargo de su primera misión: deberá viajar a la India, y hacerse con un manuscrito recién descubierto y atribuido al apóstol Tomás.

Zura has grown into a strong woman, and as a wife and mother, has taken on the challenges of raising a family. But Zura worries about her children and the future of the Wild Hearts Elephant Sanctuary. She wonders if she has what it takes to instill the same fortitude that she had as a child to survive in the jungle. But her worries turn to fear when the nightmares from her past rear its ugly head to torment her once again. And this threat has a new target in their crosshairs...her family.

The book contains the story "Elephant and Lap-dog" of prominent Russian romantic writer of the twentieth century, Alexander Grin (real name: Alexander S. Grinevsky [1880-1932]).

Thunder, a young pygmy forest elephant, sets out on a journey to find his mother after he escapes capture by poachers. With danger at every turn in the central African jungle, he must face his fears to survive. Some unlikely friends: Soma, a cranky rhino; Frederick, a nutty pink flamingo; Penelope, a chatty parrot; three kooky egrets; and Jennetta Blue, a blue butterfly; help him with his dream to find his mother and fulfill his quest to be reunited with his herd.

“I finally made it back to Reagan’s America.” Timothy Scott Snyder 1/2023

After Kelly discovers the wonderful palace of the Thai prince, it seems like some kind of destiny was fulfilled, like she was meant to find this place. It all feels so right, but at the same time, something keeps pulling her back home. Her career, her friends, her boyfriend. All of these things mattered, but not anymore, not out in the Thai jungle...not with the billionaire prince by her side.

Zura Jameson is not your average 11-year-old girl. Born and raised in Africa, she and her parents live on an elephant sanctuary her parents created and operated, a sanctuary they named Wild Hearts. It was her home, a place like no other. It was there, while helping her parents with the elephants, that she grew accustomed to the wilds of the jungle, training and honing her skills that would prepare her for almost anything. Little did she know those skills would be put to the test in a way she could never imagine, a test of survival.

A mother elephant describes all the activities that she and her baby do together. Pair this charming fiction story with its nonfiction companion book, Big Grassland Animals.

Nia Gaines is the newest member of Zak Bates' Eco-Adventure task force - only, she doesn’t know it yet. When Nia’s parents drag her along on a business trip to China, the source of their affluence soon becomes clear: ivory, prized since ancient times for its beauty and never before so rare. In Beijing’s back alley curio shops, the prices are great...but what’s the cost? The answer will change Nia’s world.

Khrista didn't believe her daughter when she stormed out of her life five years ago. But every day since, her daughter's angry words have echoed in Khrista's mind, even as she tries to hide the truth from her chosen family—the community that raised her. Finding solace in her preschool classroom by day and her whisky by night, Khrista is forced to confront her pride and her problems when someone from her past brings news that threatens to drive her deeper into the danger zone.

L'Enfant d'Eléphant est extrait d'Histoires comme ça, un recueil de nouvelles qui expliquent le pourquoi...

Ella's counting the days until the first day of school, but not because she's eager to start! On the contrary, as the littlest elephant on Elephant Island, she's terribly nervous about the other kids she'll meet. Then she receives a beautiful red hat that belonged to her grandmother - her new lucky charm.

Un jueves, en el patio de la casa de la protagonista de esta historia apareció un elefante. Sí, sí… ¡un elefante! Y este no es cualquier elefante. Así como lo ven, tan adorable y calladito, Dailan Kifki es capaz de trepar a la rama más alta de un árbol e irse volando para cualquier lado. ¿Y cómo se supone que vamos a ayudarlo a volver a su casa si sigue escapándose por los cielos?, se preguntan los vecinos. Allá van en caravana la mamá, el papá, la tía Clodomira, el Abuelo, el Comisario, el Chíquitisecretario y todos los que se van sumando en el camino.

Ruby es una joven elefantita a la que le encanta jugar en el barro, correr y pasar el tiempo con sus amigos, Iván, un gorila espalda plateada, y Bob, un perro callejero. También adora estar con su manada en la reserva donde vive, pero echa de menos a su tía Stella y a la familia de elefantes en la que nació en la sabana africana. Cuando se decide a compartir esa parte de su historia con sus seres más queridos, empieza a encontrar el valor para aceptar cada parte de su vida y de sí misma.

Best friends Elanna and Khrista go on a last-minute road trip to reunite grumpy old Gerard with his long-lost love, and to find (or lose) themselves along the way.

Volume 10 of the Tom Swift series finds our hero building a new airship and taking it to Africa, where he hunts elephants with his new electric rifle and rescues two missionaries from a savage and crafty tribe of red pygmies. Please remember that this book was published in 1911, and attitudes and language acceptable at that time are not politically correct today.

Imagine a world with no countries, no religion, and no democracy. Imagine the fall of the Great Western Empire. Historically, most Empires created by man have risen and fallen during a period of around 500 years. The Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, the Moors, and the Ottomans all, in their turn, reigned supreme until apathy, arrogance, and laziness led to their downfall. However, mankind would never become extinct as new societies inevitably replace existing social structures sooner or later.

Toomai of the Elephants is a short story by Rudyard Kipling about a young elephant-handler. It was first published in the December 1893 issue of St. Nicholas magazine and reprinted in the collection of Kipling short stories, The Jungle Book (1894). Toomai's father rides Kala Nag the elephant to catch wild elephants in the hills. Toomai comes to help and risks his life throwing a role up to one of the drivers. His father forbids him to enter the elephant enclosure again. One night he follows the elephant hunters, and is picked up by Kala Nag; he rides into the elephants' meeting place in the jungle, where they dance.

A kind but lonely elephant seeks friendship among the other animals of the forest, yet one by one, they reject him. One day, a lion enters the forest, and all the other animals flee in terror. The elephant alone can protect the smaller animals, but why bother when they were all so cruel to him?

Sully, 14, is determined to learn how to pitch as a right-hand amputee. Struggling to adjust to life after the accident that took his own hand and his twin brother’s life, Sully seeks to realize the big dream he and his bro once shared: to bring home a first-ever championship for their town in an annual baseball tournament.