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Memories of the Little Elephant
 

Memories of the Little Elephant

A little girl, named for the memory of the elephant, tells her life story, and thus the story of African peoples from where it truly begins--the beginning of time! Her memory stretches back as far as the stars, to the movement of her family across the globe, to the building of great civilizations, and onto her journey across the Atlantic. "Memories of the Little Elephant" weaves centuries of... (read more)

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“As an educator, I have read a lot of children's books because they were part of the job. This is not to say that I did not enjoy reading them. It has more to do with my personal preferences in choosing what books to read.

My reading "Memories of the Little Elephant" came from a different motivation. I picked the book up and read it because I had heard so much about it and how it was probably the first historically accurate children's book ever written. As a student of history,...”

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