{"id":175,"date":"2019-01-04T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T14:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/?p=175"},"modified":"2018-12-27T09:33:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-27T17:33:53","slug":"maggie-alaskas-last-elephant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asuen.com\/stemfriday\/maggie-alaskas-last-elephant\/","title":{"rendered":"Maggie, Alaska’s Last Elephant"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Maggie, Alaska’s Last Elephant<\/strong><\/em>
\nby Jennifer Keats Curtis; illus. by Phyllis Saroff
\n32 pages; ages 4-9
\nArbordale, 2018<\/p>\n

Like us, elephants need family and friends. Otherwise they grow lonely. This award-winning book opens with Annabelle, and Asian elephant and Maggie, an African elephant who lived in a zoo in Alaska. They were good friends. When Annabelle died, Maggie seemed lost. She was so lonely that she adopted a tire. The keepers tried everything to keep her active and engaged, but Maggie seemed to fade. Eventually, they decided she needed to go somewhere else, where she could live with other elephants.<\/p>\n

What I like about this book: Author Jennifer Keats Curtis is a wonderful storyteller. She weaves in a lot of elephant behavior as she introduces Maggie and her story. She shows zookeepers creating enrichment opportunities for Maggie, in an effort to keep her brain and senses engaged throughout her day. And when they realize it’s time for her to go, they have another problem to solve: how do you move an 8,000-pound animal thousands of miles?<\/p>\n

I also like the back matter, which includes more information about elephant herds, how zoos keep elephants healthy and happy, and a fun Q&A with a keeper.<\/p>\n

Head over to Archimedes Notebook<\/a> for another elephant book and some Beyond-the-Book activities.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s STEM Friday!<\/a> (STEM<\/strong> is S<\/strong>cience, T<\/strong>echnology, E<\/strong>ngineering, and M<\/strong>athematics)<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2019 Sue Heavenrich <\/a> All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maggie, Alaska’s Last Elephant by Jennifer Keats Curtis; illus. by Phyllis Saroff 32 pages; ages 4-9 Arbordale, 2018 Like us, elephants need family and friends. Otherwise they grow lonely. This award-winning book opens with Annabelle, and Asian elephant and Maggie, an African elephant who lived in a zoo in Alaska. They were good friends. When … <\/p>\n

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