The elephant doctor of India / Janie Chodosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chodosh, Janie, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asiatic elephant--India.

Asiatic elephant.

Elephants--India.

Elephants.

India.

India--Assam.

Sarma, Kushal Konwar--Juvenile literature.

Sarma, Kushal Konwar.

Genre:

Informational works.

Biographies.

Juvenile works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (166 pages.) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, [2021]

Summary:

Early on a January morning in 2015, a young bull elephant touched a sagging electric line in the Paneri Tea Plantation in the Udalgari District of Assam, India. The elephant's soft-padded feet conducted the current, and the animal fell, kicking in the mud. The local veterinarian called to the scene thought the tusker was going to die. The forest department warden called the one person who could help: Dr. Kushal Konwar Sarma, India's beloved elephant doctor. The Elephant Doctor of India brings the middle-grade reader into the heart of Assam, a remote land of tea plantations, paddy fields, and ancient forests. Author Janie Chodosh spent time with Dr. Sarma and brings his incredible story-and the lives of these magnificent animals-to readers in classrooms everywhere.-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Lakshmi, 1969

Captive elephants in India: Mom, can I have a pet elephant?

Elephant school, 1976-1994

Manik, 1994

Musth madness: it's all about the ladies

Govind Singh, 2001

Communication: my what big ears you have

Lokhimai, 2002

What does tea have to do with elephants?

The wild bull of Paneri Tea Estate, 2012

Matriarchs and memory: listen to your elders

Manimala, Alaka, and Shankar, 2015

An old friend, 2016

Afterword: saving elephants

A letter from Dr. Sarma

Author's note

Facts about Asian elephants.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781641603089 (electronic book)