This is the story of a boy named Viku and a young elephant in the jungles of India - how they became friends and what they did for each other. Haatee, the elephant, communicates with only two sounds - a happy trumpet or a sad cry - but the two understand each other very well. The elephant gave Viku something valuable from the forest, but that brought the police to Viku's house. Read how the elephant saved Viku's family from disaster.
Their adventures have "enough suspense and action to keep the attention of the children who are just beginning to take on the complexities of longer and more challenging chapter books....a chance to vicariously fulfill a dream....Whereas Horton, Dumbo, and Babar (lovable as they may be) are elephants one might want to befriend, one does not encounter them in their natural habitat. This heightens the vicarious experience of the reader."
This iPad multimedia story has photographs and sounds from India – tigers, elephants, monkeys, striped hyenas, and birds roam the pages. Details of life in India are part of the story – how Indians greet each other, what ordinary people eat – all at the stroke of your finger. There are eight illustrations that bring the story alive and 25 Pop-ups of explanations or photos to enhance the reading experience.
You also have the option to listen to the story one page at a time.
A great book for both the story and for cultural knowledge.
