I am a sucker for animals and this book is great! Not only are the photographs amazing, but the story is even better! This book gives us another reason to look to the animal kingdom for examples of how we can live our lives. Mixing of races/species can be wonderful and unexpected. If you think about it, there are so many crazy combinations of things in the world (did you know you could buy something with pb and j already mixed together?) so why not this friendship? The author does a great job telling this story in a way that appeals to your heart. This is an lovely portrait of two animals who found themselves needing eachother for companionship. Both animals are "rescues" so to say and them finding family in eachother is very touching. My heart leaped when the semi-paralized dog was nursed back to health by her bff, an elephant through touch and sounds. Just being near eachother was therapeutic and integral to the healing process.
This book is a great example for reiterrating how animals really do have feelings. We aren't crazy when we think our dog knows we had a bad day or that they are mad at us. Animals have their own ways of expressing emotions, without words we have to pay attention a bit closer. Seeing situations like this help bring a smile to my face and I'm sure many others. In my experience, kids tend to like animals and this is a good way to introduce fictional literature that is realistic and memorable.
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