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Pages in category "Books about elephants" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Babar the Elephant;
Babar the Elephant (UK: / ˈ b æ b ɑːr /, US: / b ə ˈ b ɑːr /; French pronunciation:) is an elephant character named Babar who first appeared in 1931 in the French children's book Histoire de Babar by Jean de Brunhoff. [1] The book is based on a tale that Brunhoff's wife, Cécile, had invented for their children. [2]
Hachaliah Lyman Bailey (pronounced heck-a-LIE-uh; July 31, 1775 – September 2, 1845) was the founder of one of America's earliest circuses. [1] In 1808, he purchased an Indian elephant which he named "Old Bet" and which was one of the first such animals to reach America.
The Book of Mormon claims that non-specific "seeds" were brought from the land of Jerusalem and planted on arrival in the New World and produced a successful yield. [108] To date, the existing evidence suggests that the introduction of Old World flora and fauna to the American continent happened during the Columbian exchange. [109]
Old Bet (died July 24, 1816) was the first circus elephant and the second elephant brought to the United States. [1] There are reports of an elephant brought to the United States in 1796, but it is not known for certain that this was the elephant that was later named Old Bet.
Children's books about elephants (1 C, 32 P) ... Pages in category "Elephants in literature" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Gomphotheres are an extinct group of proboscideans related to modern elephants.First appearing in Africa during the Oligocene, they dispersed into Eurasia and North America during the Miocene and arrived in South America during the Pleistocene as part of the Great American Interchange.
Simon J. Bronner (ed.), "Book Clubs", Encyclopedia of American Studies, Johns Hopkins University Press, OCLC 213273863 + "Print Culture" Rare Book School (in Virginia) bibliographies: History of the Book in America: A Survey from Colonial to Modern; History of the Book in America, c. 1700–1830; American Book in the Industrial Era, 1820–1940