Elephants for Early Grades – A non-fiction book for early grades all about elephants. Another great free creative commons book for children by Mustard Seed. Word count 342, Guided Reading Level H, recommended for Grades 1 to 2, and providing a great resource for child orientated research for a school projects.
By: Mustard Seed
Text and Image from Elephants for Early Grades
Elephants are the largest land animal.
They weigh up to 12,000 pounds and
can be 12 feet tall!
Elephants live fora long time,
up to 70 years.
There are two main kinds of elephants:
African and Asian. Asian elephants have
more hair. African elephants are bigger
and they have bigger ears and tusks.
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my teachers will love my homework. This is the best non-fiction book I ever read
My daughter is doing a report about elephants.
Great! Glad we could help 🙂
Because They are the Biggest Land Animals on Earth
This book is great for children. It is the perfect length and provides a lot of information.
yes my daughter and i enjoyed it
My 3 year old boys comment about this book “I love It” “great book”.
its an amazing book
i like this book. it is easy to understand
kylie writes:
good facts
Jordan Tan writes:
Good Book!
Troy writes:
I loved it because i love animals.
julius writes:
this book was great. I got to learn that elephants squirt water out of thier trunks.
nav writes:
It is a awesome book. Do you have more ?
zachary writes:
needs more information
marylou writes:
my girls loved this book
Gabriela writes:
really good book. I learned a lot.
erandi writes:
nice and simple book with colorful pictures. great source of information for kids.
Ira writes:
interesting and clear
Marley . writes:
My baby brother likes it too and I like it too and my mom
alex writes:
I like this book because elephants squirt water.