Elephants

by Herbert S. Zim

Black & white illustrations by Joy Buba; pages are not numbered; blue cover w/an elephant on it.

Library Binding

First published January 1, 1946

About the author

Herbert Spencer Zim (July 12, 1909 – December 5, 1994) was a naturalist, author, editor and also known as the fonder and editor in chief of the Golden Guides series of nature books. He wrote or edited more than one hundred scientific books, and in a thirty-year career teaching in the public schools introduced laboratory instruction into elementary school science. He is best known as the founder in 1945, of the Golden Guides, pocket-size introductions for children to such subjects as fossils, zoology, microscopy, rocks and minerals, codes and secret writings, trees, wildflowers, dinosaurs, navigation and more. He was the sole or co-author for many of the books, which were valued for their clarity, accuracy and attractive presentation helped by the illustrations of James Gordon Irving. He continued to work on the Golden Guides series until Alzheimer's disease forced him to slow down in the 1990s. He died in 1994 at Plantation Key, Florida.

Reviews

[S]

A wonderful book with quite amazing illustrations. The illustrations are really what makes the book. They are very appropriate for the age group that the book is for and the subjects exhibit distinct personalities.
The writing is definitely of the time period that it is written. It does maintain a positive note as well. However, one can't read it without a a sense bit of sadness.

[Siskiyou-Suzy]

This book is so awesome and I'm so glad I found it at the thrift store. The illustrations are just wonderful -- black-and-white, but all made up of brush strokes. THe book made me sad as it details how elephants were captured and stolen from their group. But it was also fascinating and just ridiculously wonderful to read.