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The White Elephant

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4 out of 5
Based on 99 Ratings and 25 Reviews

Book Description


How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse?

Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy's punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so rare an elephant cannot be allowed to work for its keep. It is poor Run-Run who mu... More
Book Information
PublisherGreenwillow Books
BindingHardcover (6 editions)
Reading LevelAges 4-8
# of Pages112
ISBN-100061131369
ISBN-13978-0061131363
Publication Date10/01/2006
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About Sid Fleischman (Author) : The Newbery Award-winning author of The Whipping Boy, Sid Fleischman is surprised that he grew up to be a writer. "I had a childhood much like everyone else's," he writes in his newly published autobi... more
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About Robert McGuire (Illustrator) : Robert McGuire is a published illustrator of children's books. Published credits of Robert McGuire include The Last Black King of the Kentucky Derby, Amelia Earhart: Female Pioneer in Flight (Biograph... more
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