Elephants can paint too book

Giant mammals informational nonfiction, 198 words, level h grade 1, lexile 480l multilevel book also available in levels r and y the largest of all land animals, elephants are amazing. Between the lions is designed to open up a world of literature and learning for 47 yearold children. Kids wings activities for elephants can paint, too by katya arnold. What the audience overlooks are the actions of the mahouts as their animals are. The book is filled with pictures painted by both animals and children. They like to eat cookies and hang out with their friends. I would use this book in the classroom as more of an informational book on animals and what they can do. Anne schwartz books arnold, katya, arnold, katya on. Book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines about us. She gives many facts about an elephant but most importantly that they can be taught how to paint to. On wednesday, he gets inspiration to try harder in a most unexpected place. Arnold sticks with her initial comparison between kidsasartists and elephants asartists all the way through, and the most successful spreads are those that perfectly juxtapose the two such as the facing photos of a tangle of child hands and a tangle of elephant trunks.

Kids wings activities for elephants can paint, too by katya. We saw elephants, a dolphin, a dog, a penguin and chimpanzees painting. Piggie suggests him to just try so he starts to learn dancing from her. Consider pairing this series of lessons on elephants can paint too with a text set to increase student knowledge and familiarity with the topic. This video segment from between the lions is based on an edited version of the published book elephants can paint too. The clip compares the art done by elephants with art done by real kids in thailand. Snopes tackled this toogoodtobetrue question in detail. Arnold recounts, in alternating text and photographs, the basics of teaching art to children and elephants. Aug 03, 20 i do not own the rights to this book, it belongs to mcgraw hill companies.

In this true story youll learn about an amazing class of elephants. But their very loving and can form a bond over you. When our list has 20 people who want one, well get a new supply. Arnolds unusual picture book centers on a group of pachyderms that do just that. Snopes tackled this too goodtobetrue question in detail. This is a wonderful book for parents to read to young children. Please email us saying you would like to have reading seeds on cd. Can they really paint pictures of flowers, trees and even other elephants. When elephants paint is lavishly illustrated with more than 100 photographs, including actual elephant paintings. Written and illustrated by katya arnold anne schwartzatheneum books for young readers. Nov 03, 2005 conceptually, this is a cool book on an unusual topic. In striving to enrich the lives of all readers, teachingbooks supports the first amendment and celebrates the right to read.

In this true story youll learn about an amazing class of elephants that are taught to become artists by an amazing teacher. Her students are elephants, and their paintings reveal their eye for color and their enthusiasm for expression. Videos of artistic elephants keep popping up, but is there more to this than meets the eye. Armstrong uses color photographs to compare the artistic processes of students in very different art classes one for children in new york city, another for elephants in thailand. They live in thailand, where the slowing of the logging industry prompted the need to find alternative sources of funding for elephant care. Elephants can paint too picture book, elephant, childrens books.

This book shows that people are like animals specifically animals, too. Katya teaching children how to paint in school and elephants how to paint in the jungles of asia. Atheneum books for young readers year of publication. Some elephants drag the paint on the paper, others dab, some paint for a. Aug 30, 2005 elephants can paint too is a great non fiction book that shows kids paintings done by animals as well as provides students with different facts about elephants. Anne schwartz books by katya arnold and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Elephants can paint, too katya arnold learn about elephants and how they can paint just like human children in this true story of how katya arnold teaches painting to kids in brooklyn and asian elephants in thailand. Are they the only animals on earth, apart from human beings, that can create. I think this book is good to use to show children that people and animals arent all that different.

Mar 30, 2006 elephants must surely be almost human in intelligence if they can paint pictures of flowers and trees in this way. Traveling to thailand, india and cambodia, they trained 30 elephants to paint and supplied their keepers with materials and ideas to keep the project in place. Ages 3 to 7 this is a wonderful book for parents to read to. Series between the lions program elephants can paint too. It tells the true story of elephants trained to make paintings.

This riotously funny and provocative book offers valuable lessons about wildlife conservation in thailand, as well as startling revelations about the nature of art itself. Meet third grader yesi kantu who loves everyones art work, except his own. Aug 30, 2005 they eat three hundred pounds of food a day. In the wild elephants will avoid acacia trees because these trees house ants that might crawl into the elephants trunk and bite. The pictures of elephants make the story more real and can help kids gain a better understanding. Traveling to thailand, india and cambodia, they trained 30 elephants to paint and. We read the bookwatched the ebook version from between the lions and then watched a youtube playlist of animals painting. They range throughout subsaharan africa and the rain forests of central and west africa. While the paint brush might not bite we cant imagine it is a. I do not own the rights to this book, it belongs to mcgraw hill companies. Elephants can paint too is a great non fiction book that shows kids paintings done by animals as well as provides students with different facts about elephants. Jan 24, 2014 this project was inspired by the book elephants can paint too.