She Leads: The Elephant Matriarch
written by June Smalls and illustrated by Yumi Shimokawara
A matriarch is the head female in a group or family. African Elephants live in herds, and each herd is led by a matriarch, who is usually the oldest female elephant of the herd. She Leads is a story about elephant matriarchs. This story has two levels of text. The larger font text is aimed at younger listeners and tells a story about elephants and their matriarch. The smaller text for older readers and listeners dives into more facts and details about elephants and their matriarchs. The simple but detailed illustrations portray the relationships between the elephants and how they live their lives.
Other Nonfiction books about elephants:
- The Elephant Scientist written by Caitlin O’Connell and Donna M. Jackson
- Baby Elephant Joins the Herd written by Benjamin Richmond
- The Truth about Elephants written by Maxwell Eaton III
- The Elephant’s New Shoe: A True Rescue Story written by Laurel Neme
- Elephants Can Paint Too! written by Katya Arnold
Picture books about elephants:
- Mrs Bibi’s Elephant written by Reza Dalvand
- The Elephant Keeper: Caring for Orphaned Elephants in Zambia written by Margriet Ruurs
- The Story of Babar: The Little Elephant written by Jean de Brunhoff
- Elephant in the Dark based on a poem by Rumi and retold by Mina Javaherbin
- Have You Seen Elephant? written by David Barrow